Mining Incidents

Terry Hovatter controller

MSHA controller ID: C15396

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
49
Mines on record
5
Years on record
1996–2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
630
citations
184
significant & substantial
$122,493
proposed penalties
$117,437
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,056 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
169
inspections on record
6,975
inspection hours
9.0
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.
630 citations across 6,975 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.
$122K
proposed penalties
$118K
current assessed
$117K
paid to date
$127
outstanding
622 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-06-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2011
3
2010
3
2009
2
2008
2
2007
2
2006
3
2003
3
2001
2
1999
8
1998
9
1997
10
1996
2

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Mines on record

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