Mining Incidents

Ruth G Wright controller

MSHA controller ID: M01169

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
86
Mines on record
4
Years on record
1983–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
590
citations
156
significant & substantial
$195,719
proposed penalties
$189,932
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,787 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
247
inspections on record
2,741
inspection hours
21.5
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.
590 citations across 2,741 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.
$196K
proposed penalties
$190K
current assessed
$190K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
582 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-05-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2019
1
2017
1
2016
1
2014
1
2013
3
2012
1
2011
1
2009
1
2008
1
2007
3
2006
6
2005
2
2004
3
2003
3
2002
5
2001
3
2000
2
1999
3
1998
9
1997
2
1996
2
1995
3
1994
3
1993
3
1992
3
1991
2
1990
7
1989
5
1988
3
1986
1
1984
1
1983
1

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