Mining Incidents

Michael D Smith controller

MSHA controller ID: 0040695

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2003–2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
165
citations
50
significant & substantial
$80,889
proposed penalties
$79,272
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,617 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
66
inspections on record
1,193
inspection hours
13.8
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.
165 citations across 1,193 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.
$81K
proposed penalties
$79K
current assessed
$79K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
162 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-05-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2012
2
2011
3
2010
2
2009
1
2008
5
2005
2
2004
1
2003
2

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