Mining Incidents

Joseph D Bonness III controller

MSHA controller ID: M09371

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
63
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1991–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
337
citations
101
significant & substantial
$89,297
proposed penalties
$75,861
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,436 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
147
inspections on record
1,978
inspection hours
17.0
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.
337 citations across 1,978 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.
$89K
proposed penalties
$77K
current assessed
$76K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
336 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-05-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2008
1
2006
1
2005
2
2002
4
2001
6
2000
8
1999
7
1998
4
1997
4
1996
12
1995
4
1994
3
1993
1
1992
5
1991
1

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