Mining Incidents

Rodney Bentley; Ted Thornsberry controller

MSHA controller ID: 0057149

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2007–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
1,063
citations
357
significant & substantial
$645,354
proposed penalties
$195,680
paid to date
30% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $449,674 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
80
inspections on record
6,011
inspection hours
17.7
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.
1,063 citations across 6,011 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.
$645K
proposed penalties
$547K
current assessed
$196K
paid to date
$351K
outstanding
1,047 assessments are final orders; 29 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-12-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2010
1
2009
1
2008
2
2007
2

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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