Mining Incidents

Dakota LLC operator

Controlled by Magnum Coal Company
MSHA operator ID: 0051474
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
132
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2003–2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
416
citations
217
significant & substantial
$184,843
proposed penalties
$146,819
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $38,024 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
255
inspections on record
5,487
inspection hours
7.6
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.
416 citations across 5,487 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.
$185K
proposed penalties
$147K
current assessed
$147K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
403 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-07-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2007
1
2006
24
2005
44
2004
42
2003
21

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