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R G Kirkpatrick Sr. controller

MSHA controller ID: M09780

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
69
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1989–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
559
citations
202
significant & substantial
$664,326
proposed penalties
$423,335
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $240,991 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
216
inspections on record
3,396
inspection hours
16.5
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.
559 citations across 3,396 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.
$664K
proposed penalties
$424K
current assessed
$423K
paid to date
$385
outstanding
541 assessments are final orders; 36 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-08-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2018
1
2017
3 (1f)
2016
1
2014
1
2012
1 (1f)
2011
1
2010
4
2009
3
2008
3
2007
2
2006
4
2005
3
2003
5
2002
1
2001
4
2000
8
1999
3
1997
4
1996
3
1995
4
1994
1
1993
1
1992
3
1991
1
1990
3
1989
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded
September 5, 2017 NC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
G S MATERIALS INC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

The victim was the Kolberg Plant Operator. Employee may have been trying to perform maintenance on the tail pulley or conveyor belt, when employee became entangled in the conveyor system, causing fatal injuries. The operator is continuing to investigate the root cause(s) of this accident.

April 11, 2012 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
G S Materials Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Miners were removing a counterweight from an excavator, standing side-by-side, when the counter-weight dropped unexpectedly to the ground.The victim stumbled backwards,fell landed on the back of his head on the shop floor. He was unresponsive during CPR. The autopsy report concludes the proximate cause of death as"commotio cerebri"noting also cardiac arrest.

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