Mining Incidents

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
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
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.

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Incident timeline

2009
6
2008
11
2007
7
2006
1
2005
5
2004
3
1988
12
1987
11
1986
10

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