Mining Incidents

Opes Resources Inc controller

MSHA controller ID: 0115041

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
22
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2014–2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
335
citations
60
significant & substantial
$60,655
proposed penalties
$43,664
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,991 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
87
inspections on record
4,944
inspection hours
6.8
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.
335 citations across 4,944 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.
$61K
proposed penalties
$55K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
324 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-11-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2016
2
2015
17
2014
3

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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