Mining Incidents

Black Panther Mining LLC operator

Controlled by Donald Blankenberger
MSHA operator ID: 0085904
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
125
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2008–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
1,483
citations
302
significant & substantial
$986,965
proposed penalties
$762,440
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $224,525 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
460
inspections on record
18,102
inspection hours
8.2
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.
1,483 citations across 18,102 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.
$987K
proposed penalties
$762K
current assessed
$762K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1,435 assessments are final orders; 69 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-08-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
11
2013
16
2012
23
2011
29
2010
29
2009
15
2008
2

Mines on record

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