Mining Incidents

Wesley L Watts controller

MSHA controller ID: M05489

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1987
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
94
citations
41
significant & substantial
$100,330
proposed penalties
$95,954
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,376 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
353
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 353 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$100K
proposed penalties
$96K
current assessed
$96K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
91 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-05-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1987
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