Mining Incidents

Tom Hillman; Paul Melnuk controller

MSHA controller ID: 0098233

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
22
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2012–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
175
citations
82
significant & substantial
$390,002
proposed penalties
$390,002
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
44
inspections on record
760
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: 760 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.
$390K
proposed penalties
$390K
current assessed
$390K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
171 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-04-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2014
10
2013
5
2012
7

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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