Mining Incidents

Kenneth L Farley controller

MSHA controller ID: C12979

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
32
Mines on record
11
Years on record
1987–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,128
citations
557
significant & substantial
$192,578
proposed penalties
$53,680
paid to date
28% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $138,898 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
317
inspections on record
10,059
inspection hours
11.2
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.
1,128 citations across 10,059 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.
$193K
proposed penalties
$193K
current assessed
$54K
paid to date
$139K
outstanding
1,111 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-08-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2009
1
2008
1
2007
1
2004
1
2003
3
2001
1
2000
2
1997
1
1996
3
1995
2
1994
3
1993
2
1992
3
1991
1
1988
3
1987
3

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