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
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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
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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.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 31 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 13 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 12 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 5 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 4 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2005
3
2004
18
2003
18
2002
4
2001
18
2000
8
1999
2
1998
1
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on Wendell R Bias
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.