Mining Incidents

Nelson Happy; Walter McNeil controller

MSHA controller ID: 0059969

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2006–2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
62
citations
19
significant & substantial
$43,297
proposed penalties
$11,661
paid to date
27% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $31,636 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
14
inspections on record
208
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 208 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$27K
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-07-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2007
2
2006
1

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Mines on record

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