Centralia Mining Company · Struck by flying object
AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED IN THE WELD SHOP RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES TO AN EMPLOYEE. CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE SOURCE HAVE YET TO BE DETERMINED.
Centralia Mining Company operator
Controlled by
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
MSHA operator ID: P02832
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$165
proposed penalties
$165
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
157
inspection hours
n/a
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.Rate withheld: 157 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.$165
proposed penalties
$165
current assessed
$165
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-02-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 82 non-fatal
- IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 194 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 145 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 138 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 78 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2000
4
1999
21
1998
21
1997
29
1996
15
1995
25
1994
29 (1f)
1993
29
1992
43
1991
20
1990
52
1989
102
1988
77
1987
76
1986
88 (1f)
1985
53
1984
30
1983
40
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recorded
April 15, 1986
WA · Coal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Centralia Mining Company · Struck against a moving object
SCRAPER WENT OF0 MAIN HAUL ROAD & DOWN 25' EMBANKMENT OVERTURNING ON OPERATOR
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