Mining Incidents

CORTEZ JOINT VENTURE operator

Controlled by Barrick Gold Corp
MSHA operator ID: 0089884
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
109
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2008–2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
341
citations
67
significant & substantial
$216,069
proposed penalties
$174,348
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $41,721 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
89
inspections on record
3,398
inspection hours
10.0
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.
341 citations across 3,398 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.
$216K
proposed penalties
$174K
current assessed
$174K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
333 assessments are final orders; 24 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-01-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2012
1
2011
37
2010
41
2009
20
2008
10

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