Mining Incidents

Interwest Development NW Inc operator

Controlled by Ben Kessell
MSHA operator ID: L18141
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2005–2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
87
citations
37
significant & substantial
$51,215
proposed penalties
$34,410
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,805 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
24
inspections on record
401
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: 401 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.
$51K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$34K
paid to date
$555
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-05-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2011
1
2010
2
2009
2
2008
3
2007
1
2006
1
2005
1

Mines on record

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