Mining Incidents

Mike Newsome controller

MSHA controller ID: 0045229

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
232
citations
112
significant & substantial
$54,966
proposed penalties
$19,335
paid to date
35% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $35,631 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
35
inspections on record
1,143
inspection hours
20.3
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.
232 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.
$55K
proposed penalties
$55K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$36K
outstanding
225 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-10-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2005
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Mines on record

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