Mining Incidents

Prairie Group controller

MSHA controller ID: M05729

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
183
Mines on record
14
Years on record
1985–2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
625
citations
89
significant & substantial
$68,678
proposed penalties
$57,721
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,957 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
254
inspections on record
3,987
inspection hours
15.7
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.
625 citations across 3,987 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.
$69K
proposed penalties
$58K
current assessed
$58K
paid to date
$41
outstanding
625 assessments are final orders; 26 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-01-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2007
6
2006
2
2005
6
2004
4
2003
12
2002
18
2001
7
2000
6
1999
13
1998
14
1997
3
1996
16
1995
6
1994
7
1993
5
1992
2
1991
3
1990
6
1989
10
1988
12
1987
14
1986
9
1985
2

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