Mining Incidents

Robert W Briggs controller

MSHA controller ID: M00473

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
214
Mines on record
5
Years on record
1983–2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
401
citations
95
significant & substantial
$98,721
proposed penalties
$95,392
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,329 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
168
inspections on record
2,843
inspection hours
14.1
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.
401 citations across 2,843 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.
$99K
proposed penalties
$95K
current assessed
$95K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
399 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-08-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2021
3
2020
1
2019
1
2018
3
2017
2
2016
2
2015
3
2013
3
2012
4
2011
2
2010
2
2009
2
2008
1
2007
1
2006
1
2005
3
2004
2
2003
2
2002
4
2001
2
1999
1
1998
2
1997
1
1996
6
1995
3
1994
7
1993
7 (1f)
1992
10
1991
6
1990
15
1989
28
1988
23
1987
15
1986
12
1985
11
1984
9
1983
14

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
November 19, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) Fatality · MACHINERY
Fordyce Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIMWAS ASKED BY CONTTRACTOR TO CUT OFF NUTS TO 20 TON COUNTERWEIGHT FOR REMOVAL & TRANSPORT AS PER CONTRACT AS VICTIM CUT LAST OF TWO NUTS COUNTERWEIGHT SWUNG TOWARD HIM PINNING HIM BETWEEN CONTRACTORS GEN POLE WINCH TRUCK & THE WEIGHT VICTIM WAS CRUSHED AS HE STOOD ON HIS LADDERR TRYING TO ASSIST CONTRACTOR

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.