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Ronald J Richardson Living Trust; Ballerina Sunrise Inc controller

MSHA controller ID: M34417

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
20
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1987–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
277
citations
66
significant & substantial
$58,582
proposed penalties
$50,890
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,692 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
134
inspections on record
1,312
inspection hours
21.1
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.
277 citations across 1,312 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.
$59K
proposed penalties
$51K
current assessed
$51K
paid to date
$453
outstanding
268 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2015
1
2014
1
2006
2
2005
1
2001
4
2000
2
1992
2
1991
2
1990
1
1989
1
1988
1
1987
2 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
March 31, 1987 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Flint Rock Products · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS IN T2E SCREENING ROOM AND ONE OF HIS CO-WORKERS NOTICED THAT I.NAME WAS MISSING. UPON GOING TO CHECK ON HIM, THEY FOUND HIM WITH HIS ARM CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR BELT TAIL PULLEY. THE FREED HIM FROM 7HE TAIL PULLEY AND TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL

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