Mining Incidents

William Arness controller

MSHA controller ID: M14351

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
74
citations
20
significant & substantial
$46,073
proposed penalties
$30,573
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15,500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
61
inspections on record
881
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: 881 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.
$46K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-03-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2006
1 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
June 21, 2006 WA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Hard Rock Inc · Contact with electrical current

Contractor (electrician) was working in building. It is unknown just what happened. The electrician contacted energized conductors while installing an electrical circuit.

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