Mining Incidents

Pete Hawley; Chris Zerga controller

MSHA controller ID: 0094253

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
26
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2010–2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
57
citations
12
significant & substantial
$23,062
proposed penalties
$20,329
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,733 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
29
inspections on record
954
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: 954 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-06-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2017
3
2016
1
2015
1
2014
2
2013
4
2012
6
2011
8
2010
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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