Mining Incidents

RTZ-CRA Group controller

MSHA controller ID: C14955

Watch this controller

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at any mine RTZ-CRA Group controls.

Fatalities
1
Total incidents
511
Mines on record
5
Years on record
1993–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
994
citations
208
significant & substantial
$779,088
proposed penalties
$680,502
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $98,586 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
366
inspections on record
15,330
inspection hours
6.5
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.
994 citations across 15,330 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.
$779K
proposed penalties
$681K
current assessed
$681K
paid to date
$10
outstanding
974 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-01-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2010
2
2009
17
2008
24
2007
33
2006
23 (1f)
2005
31
2004
36
2003
30
2002
44
2001
49
2000
40
1999
38
1998
41
1997
26
1996
15
1995
28
1994
24
1993
10

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
November 28, 2006 MT · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Spring Creek Coal LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The Haul Truck operator that had called in a problem with his park brake was found shortly thereafter pinned under his left rear tires. He had sustained fatal crushing injuries.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on RTZ-CRA Group

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.