Mining Incidents

Hiope Mining Inc operator

Controlled by Ronald Combs
MSHA operator ID: P16876
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
83
Mines on record
7
Years on record
1985–2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
132
citations
49
significant & substantial
$25,938
proposed penalties
$4,708
paid to date
18% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $21,230 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
56
inspections on record
1,660
inspection hours
8.0
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.
132 citations across 1,660 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$21K
outstanding
128 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-09-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2001
5
2000
5
1999
3
1998
3
1997
8
1996
7
1995
5
1994
11
1993
4
1992
3
1991
1
1990
3
1989
5
1988
8
1987
5
1986
4
1985
3

Mines on record

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