Mining Incidents

John S Straka controller

MSHA controller ID: C15586

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
38
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1998–2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
146
citations
43
significant & substantial
$18,802
proposed penalties
$18,555
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $247 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
140
inspections on record
4,562
inspection hours
3.2
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
146 citations across 4,562 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
143 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-11-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2004
7
2003
5
2002
11
2001
6
2000
7
1998
2

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Mines on record

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