Mining Incidents

Robert B Hughes controller

MSHA controller ID: C11537

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2001–2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
805
citations
287
significant & substantial
$365,727
proposed penalties
$2,062
paid to date
1% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $363,665 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
155
inspections on record
4,634
inspection hours
17.4
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.
805 citations across 4,634 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.
$366K
proposed penalties
$366K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$364K
outstanding
779 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-12-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2011
1
2006
1
2005
2
2001
1

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