Mining Incidents

Steve Lee controller

MSHA controller ID: 0040982

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
18
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,209
proposed penalties
$2,447
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $762 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
31
inspections on record
289
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: 289 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$762
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-08-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2015
1

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Mines on record

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