Mining Incidents

Tom Konitz controller

MSHA controller ID: M04938

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
27
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1987–2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
80
citations
35
significant & substantial
$13,127
proposed penalties
$10,925
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,202 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
26
inspections on record
385
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: 385 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
80 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-10-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2004
2
2003
4
2002
1
2000
3
1999
2
1995
1
1994
2
1993
1
1992
2
1991
1
1990
3
1989
2
1988
2
1987
1

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