Mining Incidents

Black Hawk Mining operator

MSHA operator ID: P24632
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
80
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2001–2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
602
citations
260
significant & substantial
$210,914
proposed penalties
$97,158
paid to date
46% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $113,756 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
120
inspections on record
5,636
inspection hours
10.7
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.
602 citations across 5,636 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.
$211K
proposed penalties
$99K
current assessed
$97K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
582 assessments are final orders; 10 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
18
2004
22
2003
24
2001
16

Mines on record

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