Mining Incidents

American Mining West LLC operator

Controlled by Timothy P Smith
MSHA operator ID: 0065544
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2005–2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
108
citations
22
significant & substantial
$8,826
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,826 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
12
inspections on record
802
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: 802 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$9K
outstanding
100 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-07-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2006
5
2005
3

Mines on record

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