Mining Incidents

William B Spence controller

MSHA controller ID: C15163

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1997–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
214
citations
75
significant & substantial
$56,260
proposed penalties
$50,586
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,674 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
104
inspections on record
2,635
inspection hours
8.1
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.
214 citations across 2,635 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.
$56K
proposed penalties
$51K
current assessed
$51K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
208 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-09-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2015
2
1997
1

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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