Imerys Kaolin Company operator
Controlled by
Imerys S A
MSHA operator ID: L17572
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 97
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 1998–2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
224
citations
41
significant & substantial
$58,414
proposed penalties
$51,414
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,000 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
64
inspections on record
1,319
inspection hours
17.0
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.224 citations across 1,319 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.$58K
proposed penalties
$51K
current assessed
$51K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
224 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-03-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 37 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 31 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 7 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
- EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2009
1
2008
2
2007
9
2006
4
2005
3
2004
14
2003
22
2002
15
2001
21
2000
3
1999
1
1998
2
Mines on record
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