Mining Incidents

Wayne L Nielson controller

MSHA controller ID: M06240

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Mines on record
4
Years on record
1986–2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
266
citations
65
significant & substantial
$43,881
proposed penalties
$41,906
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,975 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
142
inspections on record
2,033
inspection hours
13.1
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.
266 citations across 2,033 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.
$44K
proposed penalties
$42K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
265 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-12-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2011
1
2010
1
2009
1
2007
1
2006
2
2005
1
2004
1
2001
1
2000
1
1999
1
1997
1
1996
1
1995
2
1994
2
1993
1
1986
2

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