Mining Incidents

L. Keller Smith controller

MSHA controller ID: 0131301

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2017–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
272
citations
80
significant & substantial
$355,433
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $355,433 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
101
inspections on record
3,284
inspection hours
8.3
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.
272 citations across 3,284 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.
$355K
proposed penalties
$355K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$355K
outstanding
272 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-06-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2018
7
2017
11

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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