Mining Incidents

Klondex Mines Ltd controller

MSHA controller ID: 0107041

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
59
Mines on record
4
Years on record
2012–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
584
citations
136
significant & substantial
$364,683
proposed penalties
$289,190
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $75,493 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
125
inspections on record
4,756
inspection hours
12.3
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.
584 citations across 4,756 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.
$365K
proposed penalties
$289K
current assessed
$289K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
568 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-07-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2018
11
2017
11
2016
14
2015
13
2014
8 (1f)
2013
1
2012
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
April 28, 2014 NV · Metal/Non-Metal stoper miner Fatality · MACHINERY
Klondex Midas Operations, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee had partially drilled a hole using a jackleg drill. A coworker discovered him unconscious/unresponsive, slumped over the drill. It was later determined the employee's clothes were wound up in the 6' drill steel though the cause & nature of the accident & cause of death remain undetermined and under investigation.

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