Mining Incidents

Larry Bates controller

MSHA controller ID: 0040882

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2006–2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
252
citations
71
significant & substantial
$118,242
proposed penalties
$97,956
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20,286 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
104
inspections on record
1,269
inspection hours
19.9
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.
252 citations across 1,269 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.
$118K
proposed penalties
$98K
current assessed
$98K
paid to date
$1
outstanding
247 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-07-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2013
2
2012
1
2010
1
2006
1

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