Mining Incidents

Justin Higman et al controller

MSHA controller ID: M05917

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1989
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
395
citations
93
significant & substantial
$91,980
proposed penalties
$70,372
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $21,608 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
170
inspections on record
2,102
inspection hours
18.8
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.
395 citations across 2,102 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.
$92K
proposed penalties
$70K
current assessed
$70K
paid to date
$1
outstanding
380 assessments are final orders; 69 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-06-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1989
1

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Mines on record

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