Mining Incidents

Paul M Nelson; John Nelson controller

MSHA controller ID: M36643

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1991–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
63
citations
4
significant & substantial
$5,365
proposed penalties
$2,474
paid to date
46% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,891 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
51
inspections on record
447
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: 447 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2014
1
1999
1
1991
2

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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