Mining Incidents

Timothy Lester controller

MSHA controller ID: C15988

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2002–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
419
citations
148
significant & substantial
$138,993
proposed penalties
$45,230
paid to date
33% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $93,763 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
82
inspections on record
2,899
inspection hours
14.5
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.
419 citations across 2,899 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.
$139K
proposed penalties
$139K
current assessed
$45K
paid to date
$94K
outstanding
417 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-12-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2008
1
2003
2
2002
1

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Mines on record

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