Western Goldfields Incorporated controller
MSHA controller ID: M08064
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 66
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 1986–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
99
citations
25
significant & substantial
$71,474
proposed penalties
$57,556
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,918 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
30
inspections on record
1,025
inspection hours
9.7
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.99 citations across 1,025 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.$71K
proposed penalties
$58K
current assessed
$58K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
98 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-04-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 26 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 15 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 8 non-fatal
- OTHER 6 non-fatal
- STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT 4 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2009
6
2008
11
2007
7
2006
1
2005
5
2004
3
1988
12
1987
11
1986
10
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
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The full compliance file on Western Goldfields Incorporated
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.