Mining Incidents

Kellstone Inc operator

Controlled by James Palladino
MSHA operator ID: L12855
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1992–2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
12
significant & substantial
$6,766
proposed penalties
$6,148
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $618 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
10
inspections on record
143
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: 143 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-11-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2001
1
1999
1
1997
1
1993
2
1992
1

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