DQA operator
Controlled by
Rich Gates
MSHA operator ID: L02310
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 43
- Mines on record
- 2
- Years on record
- 1983–2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
58
citations
10
significant & substantial
$6,139
proposed penalties
$3,933
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,206 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
37
inspections on record
612
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: 612 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.$6K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
57 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-05-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 16 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 8 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 6 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 5 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2005
1
2003
3
2002
2
2000
3
1998
1
1996
1
1994
3
1992
1
1991
3
1990
2
1989
1
1988
2
1987
6
1986
4
1985
2
1984
5
1983
3
Mines on record
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