What are Lonny Bessett's MSHA penalties?

Lonny Bessett has $126K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, $72K paid, and $0 outstanding.

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Lonny Bessett controller

MSHA controller ID: M00232

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 11
Mines on record: 2
Years on record: 1992–2005

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

263

citations

significant & substantial

$125,630

proposed penalties

$72,072

paid to date

57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $53,559 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

109

inspections on record

1,417

inspection hours

18.6

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

263 citations across 1,417 inspection hours.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$126K

proposed penalties

$72K

current assessed

$72K

paid to date

outstanding

257 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2020-05-01.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 5 non-fatal
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT 2 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2005

2002

1998

1 (1f)

1997

1996

1993

1992

Operators under this controller

Portable Rock Production Company Inc 11

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded

September 2, 1998 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY

Portable Rock Production Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE DROVE THE CAT ACROSS GROUND THAT THE DRILLER WOULD NOT TAKE HIS DRILL ACROSS TO FUEL IT. HE INDICATED TO THE CREW THAT HE WAS GOING TO WIDEN AND STRAIGHTEN OUT THE ROAD THAT MORNING. INSTEA D HE PUT FUEL IN THE BUCKET AND TRIED TO GO ACROSS THIS AREA. IT GAVE WAY AND THE CAT ROLLED 2 1/2 TIMES AND HE STAYED IN THE CAGE.

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