Mining Incidents

Imerys Pigments LLC operator

Controlled by Imerys S A
MSHA operator ID: L17074
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
347
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1989–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
393
citations
78
significant & substantial
$127,846
proposed penalties
$127,311
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $535 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
2,663
inspection hours
14.8
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.
393 citations across 2,663 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.
$128K
proposed penalties
$127K
current assessed
$127K
paid to date
$32
outstanding
389 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-11-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2008
2
2007
28
2006
17
2005
33
2004
43
2003
36
2002
37
2001
23
2000
32
1999
11
1998
12
1997
22
1996
15
1995
17
1994
1
1993
1
1992
4
1991
2
1990
8
1989
3

Mines on record

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