Mining Incidents

Steve Rickmeier controller

MSHA controller ID: 0107723

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2013–2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
290
citations
75
significant & substantial
$76,696
proposed penalties
$23,904
paid to date
31% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $52,792 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
153
inspections on record
4,156
inspection hours
7.0
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.
290 citations across 4,156 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.
$77K
proposed penalties
$77K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$53K
outstanding
271 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-05-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2017
2
2015
3
2014
1
2013
1

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Mines on record

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