Mining Incidents

Ruth Smitley controller

MSHA controller ID: M36905

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1987–1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
40
citations
13
significant & substantial
$4,726
proposed penalties
$4,726
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
225
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 225 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-10-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1991
1
1987
1

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