Mining Incidents

Ralston Purina Company controller

MSHA controller ID: M10751

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
144
Mines on record
4
Years on record
1995–2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
79
citations
15
significant & substantial
$7,328
proposed penalties
$7,328
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
14
inspections on record
364
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: 364 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-04-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2001
13
2000
17
1999
24
1998
19
1997
34
1996
23
1995
14

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