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
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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.1,483 citations across 18,102 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.$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.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 41 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 26 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 14 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 11 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 10 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 8 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2014
11
2013
16
2012
23
2011
29
2010
29
2009
15
2008
2
Mines on record
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