Mining Incidents

Stephen J Schaaf controller

MSHA controller ID: M00281

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1991–1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
44
citations
13
significant & substantial
$19,335
proposed penalties
$12,492
paid to date
65% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,843 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
54
inspections on record
532
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: 532 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-10-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1995
1
1992
1
1991
1

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Mines on record

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