Mining Incidents

Vhonda Dotson controller

MSHA controller ID: 0049573

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Mines on record
4
Years on record
2005–2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
452
citations
152
significant & substantial
$402,057
proposed penalties
$12,593
paid to date
3% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $389,464 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
77
inspections on record
2,918
inspection hours
15.5
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.
452 citations across 2,918 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.
$402K
proposed penalties
$402K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$389K
outstanding
415 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-06-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2010
2
2009
1
2008
2
2007
1
2006
3
2005
2

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Mines on record

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