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Randy L. Rice controller

MSHA controller ID: 0093933

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
20
citations
7
significant & substantial
$15,456
proposed penalties
$512
paid to date
3% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,944 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
5
inspections on record
174
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: 174 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$512
paid to date
$15K
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-02-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2021
1 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
September 14, 2021 ID · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Higher ground resources · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

A visitor to the mine site was in a unauthorized area running a sluice box in a unstable trench when it collapsed and buried them. The trench was tapered and made safe to remove their body.

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