Mining Incidents

Cherokee Mining LLC operator

Controlled by Five J's LLC
MSHA operator ID: 0050182
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2003–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
119
citations
33
significant & substantial
$52,212
proposed penalties
$52,212
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
71
inspections on record
1,083
inspection hours
11.0
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.
119 citations across 1,083 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.
$52K
proposed penalties
$52K
current assessed
$52K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
118 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-08-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2009
2
2008
2
2007
2
2006
4
2005
5
2004
2
2003
1

Mines on record

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