Mining Incidents

Ronald Combs controller

MSHA controller ID: C11941

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
71
Mines on record
7
Years on record
1985–2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
170
citations
67
significant & substantial
$28,561
proposed penalties
$5,588
paid to date
20% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $22,973 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
2,007
inspection hours
8.5
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.
170 citations across 2,007 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.
$29K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$23K
outstanding
163 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-04-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2001
5
2000
5
1997
3
1996
3
1995
2
1994
11
1993
4
1992
3
1991
1
1990
3
1989
5
1988
8
1987
5
1986
7
1985
6

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