Mining Incidents

Black Canyon Mining Company operator

Controlled by Sam Blankenship
MSHA operator ID: P21098
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1990–2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
267
citations
88
significant & substantial
$23,637
proposed penalties
$14,388
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,249 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
133
inspections on record
3,235
inspection hours
8.3
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.
267 citations across 3,235 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
264 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-10-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2005
2
2004
2
2003
4
2002
2
2001
2
1991
3
1990
4

Mines on record

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