Mining Incidents

Joseph R Knies; Joseph R Knies controller

MSHA controller ID: M31636

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1984–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
282
citations
73
significant & substantial
$43,466
proposed penalties
$42,966
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
104
inspections on record
1,850
inspection hours
15.2
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.
282 citations across 1,850 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$43K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
281 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-09-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2019
1
2011
1
2010
1
2004
1
2000
1
1999
1
1996
1
1995
1
1989
1
1988
1
1987
1
1984
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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