Mining Incidents

Luther Bell controller

MSHA controller ID: C15819

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
119
citations
31
significant & substantial
$24,866
proposed penalties
$310
paid to date
1% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $24,556 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
1,143
inspection hours
10.4
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.
119 citations across 1,143 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$310
paid to date
$25K
outstanding
110 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-10-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1999
7

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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