Mining Incidents

Black Mountain Industrial Minerals LLC operator

Controlled by Barbara Spurgeon
MSHA operator ID: 0050842
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2003–2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
232
citations
83
significant & substantial
$171,147
proposed penalties
$100,788
paid to date
59% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $70,359 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
59
inspections on record
1,186
inspection hours
19.6
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.
232 citations across 1,186 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.
$171K
proposed penalties
$101K
current assessed
$101K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
223 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2011
1
2009
2
2008
2
2006
3
2005
1
2004
2
2003
1

Mines on record

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