Mining Incidents

Wendell R Bias controller

MSHA controller ID: C15752

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
72
Mines on record
5
Years on record
1998–2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
234
citations
73
significant & substantial
$21,602
proposed penalties
$21,322
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $280 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
93
inspections on record
3,106
inspection hours
7.5
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.
234 citations across 3,106 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$280
outstanding
221 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-11-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2005
3
2004
18
2003
18
2002
4
2001
18
2000
8
1999
2
1998
1

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