Mining Incidents

Thomas B Ratliff controller

MSHA controller ID: C06899

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
23
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1983–2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
274
citations
123
significant & substantial
$41,371
proposed penalties
$40,084
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,287 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
72
inspections on record
1,627
inspection hours
16.8
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.
274 citations across 1,627 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.
$41K
proposed penalties
$41K
current assessed
$40K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
247 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-09-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2006
4
2005
1
1991
3
1990
2
1989
7
1988
1
1987
1
1985
1
1984
1
1983
2

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Mines on record

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