Mining Incidents

Wesley R Norton controller

MSHA controller ID: M12169

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2003–2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
77
citations
16
significant & substantial
$22,784
proposed penalties
$20,453
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,331 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
26
inspections on record
515
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: 515 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-04-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2007
2
2006
2
2005
1
2004
2
2003
1

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