Mining Incidents

Richard Weldon; William Weldon controller

MSHA controller ID: M11639

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
49
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1997–2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
174
citations
45
significant & substantial
$37,252
proposed penalties
$35,074
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,178 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
56
inspections on record
1,541
inspection hours
11.3
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.
174 citations across 1,541 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.
$37K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$35K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
172 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-09-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2023
1
2022
1
2021
1
2020
2
2019
3
2018
2
2015
2
2014
2
2010
2
2009
4
2008
1
2007
2
2005
1
2004
1
2003
2
2001
6
2000
3
1999
6
1998
2
1997
5

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