Mining Incidents

Russell Cochran controller

MSHA controller ID: M13211

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2003–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
199
citations
55
significant & substantial
$64,461
proposed penalties
$51,372
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,089 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
81
inspections on record
1,375
inspection hours
14.5
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.
199 citations across 1,375 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.
$64K
proposed penalties
$51K
current assessed
$51K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
197 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2018
1
2010
1
2008
3
2007
3
2006
2
2005
1
2003
1

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