Mining Incidents

Lester Williams controller

MSHA controller ID: M11197

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1985–2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
439
citations
135
significant & substantial
$169,475
proposed penalties
$164,878
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,597 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
201
inspections on record
2,650
inspection hours
16.6
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.
439 citations across 2,650 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.
$169K
proposed penalties
$165K
current assessed
$165K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
431 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2022
1
2012
1
2011
1
2007
3
2006
1
2001
1
1998
1
1996
1
1990
4
1989
2
1987
1
1986
1
1985
2

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