Mining Incidents

Lester L Lee controller

MSHA controller ID: M05120

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1992–2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
139
citations
40
significant & substantial
$30,541
proposed penalties
$19,814
paid to date
65% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,727 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
64
inspections on record
687
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: 687 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
136 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-11-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2005
1
2004
1
2000
1
1997
2
1996
3
1995
2
1994
1
1993
2
1992
2

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