Mining Incidents

Richard Busick controller

MSHA controller ID: C15859

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2000–2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
85
citations
53
significant & substantial
$9,243
proposed penalties
$9,243
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
98
inspections on record
1,820
inspection hours
4.7
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.
85 citations across 1,820 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2004
1
2003
5
2002
6
2001
2
2000
1

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