Mining Incidents

Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation operator

Controlled by Maxxam Inc
MSHA operator ID: L11866
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
396
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1989–2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
145
citations
44
significant & substantial
$226,999
proposed penalties
$143,659
paid to date
63% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $83,340 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
44
inspections on record
1,960
inspection hours
7.4
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.
145 citations across 1,960 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.
$227K
proposed penalties
$144K
current assessed
$144K
paid to date
$15
outstanding
141 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-08-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2004
20
2003
24
2002
41
2001
34
2000
29
1999
49
1998
33
1997
11
1996
15
1995
9
1994
15
1993
13
1992
23
1991
25
1990
47
1989
8

Mines on record

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