Mining Incidents

Royce Vessell controller

MSHA controller ID: M11477

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
65
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1997–2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
106
citations
39
significant & substantial
$32,817
proposed penalties
$26,994
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,823 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
37
inspections on record
1,002
inspection hours
10.6
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.
106 citations across 1,002 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.
$33K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
98 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-08-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2007
7
2006
11
2005
6
2004
13
2002
3
2001
9
2000
6
1999
8
1998
1
1997
1

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