Mining Incidents

C W Mining Company operator

Controlled by Kenneth A Rushton
MSHA operator ID: 0050528
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
25
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2002–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
732
citations
212
significant & substantial
$1,024,077
proposed penalties
$166,776
paid to date
16% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $857,301 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
127
inspections on record
7,694
inspection hours
9.5
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.
732 citations across 7,694 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.
$1.0M
proposed penalties
$1.0M
current assessed
$167K
paid to date
$850K
outstanding
704 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-05-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2008
7
2007
5 (1f)
2006
6
2005
4
2004
1
2003
1
2002
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
December 12, 2007 UT · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
C.W. Mining Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A truck got stuck. The loader backed up to the truck to pull it out. The loader operator and the truck operator both got out to hook the chain up. The loader rolled back and crushed the truck operator between the truck and loader. THIS PERSON IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF OURS, WE DO NOT HAVE HIS INFORMATION. The loader impacted the loader operator in the back, he moved out of the way.

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