Mining Incidents

Steve Elder; Charles Vertrees controller

MSHA controller ID: M13250

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
12
citations
2
significant & substantial
$785
proposed penalties
$654
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $131 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
109
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: 109 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.
$785
proposed penalties
$785
current assessed
$654
paid to date
$131
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-10-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2000
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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