Mining Incidents

Las Animas County-CO controller

MSHA controller ID: M35468

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1994–2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
95
citations
27
significant & substantial
$20,079
proposed penalties
$15,016
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,063 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
48
inspections on record
650
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: 650 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
93 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-07-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2012
1
2011
1
2010
1
2005
1
2001
1
2000
1
1994
1

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Mines on record

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