Mining Incidents

Steve A Rife controller

MSHA controller ID: C14751

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1994–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
333
citations
95
significant & substantial
$81,236
proposed penalties
$47,175
paid to date
58% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $34,061 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
93
inspections on record
3,405
inspection hours
9.8
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.
333 citations across 3,405 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.
$81K
proposed penalties
$78K
current assessed
$47K
paid to date
$31K
outstanding
325 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-01-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
1
2010
1
1995
1
1994
9

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Mines on record

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