Mining Incidents

High Country Aggregates operator

Controlled by Mark S Haldorson
MSHA operator ID: L16324
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2003–2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
34
citations
9
significant & substantial
$5,152
proposed penalties
$4,501
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $651 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
19
inspections on record
235
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: 235 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-05-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2004
1
2003
1

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