East Star Mining, Inc. operator
Controlled by
Clinton L Ramey
MSHA operator ID: P19887
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 23
- Mines on record
- 5
- Years on record
- 1989–2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
860
citations
357
significant & substantial
$730,912
proposed penalties
$57,786
paid to date
8% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $673,126 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
145
inspections on record
4,756
inspection hours
18.1
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.860 citations across 4,756 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$731K
proposed penalties
$731K
current assessed
$58K
paid to date
$673K
outstanding
856 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-07-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 9 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 3 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 3 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- OTHER 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2007
1
2006
1
2003
2
2001
1
2000
1
1997
1
1996
1
1995
1
1994
1
1993
5
1992
3
1991
3
1989
2
Mines on record
- No. 5 VA
- No 4 VA
- Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Mine #2 VA
- No 2 VA
- No 1 VA
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