Mining Incidents

Richard J Heaton controller

MSHA controller ID: M01996

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
40
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1990–2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
211
citations
53
significant & substantial
$56,783
proposed penalties
$55,678
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,105 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
77
inspections on record
1,377
inspection hours
15.3
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.
211 citations across 1,377 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.
$57K
proposed penalties
$56K
current assessed
$56K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
210 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-04-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2022
1
2021
2
2020
1
2017
1
2016
2
2013
1
2007
1
2004
1
2003
2
2000
1
1994
1
1993
9
1992
8
1991
4
1990
5

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