Mining Incidents

Chieftain Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kenneth Coryell
IONIA, Ionia County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2003236

Chieftain has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
12
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,148
proposed penalties
$1,148
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
24
inspections on record
203
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: 203 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Chieftain has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-09-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 335 1 1 2985.1
2018 Q2 276 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 159 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 290 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 285 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 330 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 225 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 278 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 205 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 724 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 339 2 0 5899.7
2014 Q2 165 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 413 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 325 1 0 3076.9
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 505 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 880 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 537 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 914 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,389 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,276 2 0 1567.4
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 672 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,290 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,405 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 925 2 0 2162.2
2009 Q3 1,253 1 0 798.1
2009 Q2 624 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 1 1
2008 Q3 1,678 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 848 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 987 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,391 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,180 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,308 2 0 1529.1
2006 Q3 1,706 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,450 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,284 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,917 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,902 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 940 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,360 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,638 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,802 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 455 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 350 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,150 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,013 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,168 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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