Mining Incidents

Michael B Arnold controller

MSHA controller ID: M08779

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1987–2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
275
citations
103
significant & substantial
$102,270
proposed penalties
$77,387
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $24,883 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
119
inspections on record
1,623
inspection hours
16.9
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.
275 citations across 1,623 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.
$102K
proposed penalties
$83K
current assessed
$77K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
268 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-01-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2016
1
2008
1
2005
1
2002
3
2001
6
1999
2
1996
1
1987
1

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