Mining Incidents

Ricky L Owens controller

MSHA controller ID: C09789

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
22
Mines on record
6
Years on record
1983–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
666
citations
180
significant & substantial
$184,709
proposed penalties
$151,240
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $33,469 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
237
inspections on record
8,762
inspection hours
7.6
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.
666 citations across 8,762 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.
$185K
proposed penalties
$185K
current assessed
$151K
paid to date
$33K
outstanding
651 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-03-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2018
2
2011
1
2005
1
1997
2
1995
1
1993
1
1992
1
1990
2
1989
1 (1f)
1988
3
1983
7

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
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