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Five Star Mining Inc operator

Controlled by Donald Blankenberger
MSHA operator ID: P24100
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
602
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2000–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6,266
citations
1,419
significant & substantial
$9,032,759
proposed penalties
$6,333,952
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,698,808 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
833
inspections on record
48,951
inspection hours
12.8
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.
6,266 citations across 48,951 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.
$9.0M
proposed penalties
$6.3M
current assessed
$6.3M
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6,128 assessments are final orders; 140 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-09-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
19
2013
59 (1f)
2012
51
2011
46
2010
30
2009
60
2008
68
2007
92
2006
66
2005
22
2004
16
2003
31
2002
20
2001
19 (1f)
2000
3

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
October 11, 2013 IN · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Five Star Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A shuttle car driver was tramming through a crosscut from Entry # 5 to Entry # 6. The car driver stopped spoke to the victim. The victim proceeded past the car, traveled through a curtain into the intersection of Entry # 6. The victim told the car driver he was clear. The car proceeded through the curtain and struck the victim between the shuttle car and the left rib.

November 29, 2001 IN · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Five Star Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

A ROCK INTRUSION WAS PRESENT IN THE #6 RIGHT XCUT CORNER. THE INTERFACE OF THE ROCK & COAL CONTAINED A SLICKENSIDE AT ROUGHLY 45 DEGREES INTO THE ROCK. ONE PIECE OF ROCK MEASURING ~10 1/2' LON G, 77' WIDE, AND FROM 29-12" THICK CAME FROM THE LEFT RIB AND STRUCK THE VICTIM INFLICTING FATAL INJURIES.

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