Mining Incidents

Advent Mining LLC operator

Controlled by Chester M Thomas
MSHA operator ID: 0052505
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
232
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2005–2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
1,818
citations
545
significant & substantial
$1,959,383
proposed penalties
$1,475,568
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $483,815 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
256
inspections on record
16,400
inspection hours
11.1
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.
1,818 citations across 16,400 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.
$2.0M
proposed penalties
$1.5M
current assessed
$1.5M
paid to date
$103
outstanding
1,791 assessments are final orders; 53 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-03-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2012
11
2011
50
2010
19
2009
34
2008
33
2007
45
2006
33
2005
7

Mines on record

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