Mining Incidents

Sharon Hinrichsen; Lawrence E Hinrichsen controller

MSHA controller ID: M34281

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1990–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
40
citations
10
significant & substantial
$10,750
proposed penalties
$10,425
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $325 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
337
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: 337 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-10-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2019
1
1990
1

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Mines on record

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