Mining Incidents

V B Castellani; Kathleen Herbert controller

MSHA controller ID: M12909

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
37
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1999–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
205
citations
32
significant & substantial
$35,652
proposed penalties
$25,660
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,992 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
116
inspections on record
1,608
inspection hours
12.8
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.
205 citations across 1,608 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.
$36K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
203 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-03-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2010
1
2008
1
2007
1
2005
1
2004
2
2003
1
2001
4
2000
19
1999
7

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Mines on record

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