Mining Incidents

Columbus SM LLC operator

Controlled by Ireland Inc
MSHA operator ID: L17103
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2008–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
85
citations
26
significant & substantial
$22,604
proposed penalties
$22,604
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
38
inspections on record
589
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: 589 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-04-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2015
2
2013
1
2010
4
2008
1

Mines on record

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