Mining Incidents

Molycorp Inc controller

MSHA controller ID: 0095933

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
98
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2011–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
372
citations
73
significant & substantial
$278,497
proposed penalties
$138,610
paid to date
50% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $139,887 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
90
inspections on record
3,715
inspection hours
10.0
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.
372 citations across 3,715 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.
$278K
proposed penalties
$195K
current assessed
$139K
paid to date
$56K
outstanding
368 assessments are final orders; 23 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-07-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2015
9
2014
11
2013
17
2012
51
2011
10

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Mines on record

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