Mining Incidents

Steve Cole controller

MSHA controller ID: 0077293

Watch this controller

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at any mine Steve Cole controls.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2008–2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
78
citations
12
significant & substantial
$39,249
proposed penalties
$26,091
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,158 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
19
inspections on record
504
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: 504 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.
$39K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
78 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2013
1
2009
1
2008
6

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Steve Cole

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.