Mining Incidents

Kent Fitch controller

MSHA controller ID: 0040606

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2001–2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
113
citations
25
significant & substantial
$12,596
proposed penalties
$8,290
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,306 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
30
inspections on record
613
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 613 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
102 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-02-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2002
3
2001
1

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