Hopedale Mining LLC operator
Controlled by
Rhino Resource Partners LP
MSHA operator ID: 0052243
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 247
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 2004–2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
2,634
citations
894
significant & substantial
$1,207,857
proposed penalties
$1,046,330
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $161,527 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
999
inspections on record
40,681
inspection hours
6.5
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.2,634 citations across 40,681 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.$1.2M
proposed penalties
$1.1M
current assessed
$1.0M
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
2,591 assessments are final orders; 66 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-03-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 108 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 42 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 28 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 21 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 11 non-fatal
- ENTRAPMENT 10 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2020
3
2019
17
2018
16
2017
14
2016
3
2015
20
2014
16
2013
14
2012
22
2011
20
2010
18
2009
9
2008
12
2007
20
2006
20
2005
18
2004
5
Mines on record
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