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
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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
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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.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 7 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 6 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2005
2
2004
2
2003
4
2002
2
2001
2
1991
3
1990
4
Mines on record
- Licklog Mine VA
- Honey Branch VA
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