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
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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
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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.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 51 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 35 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 31 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 27 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 13 non-fatal
- OTHER 9 non-fatal
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
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on Prairie Group
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.