Mining Incidents

Kent Chopelas operator

MSHA operator ID: 0063723
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Mines on record
0
Years on record
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
4
citations
1
significant & substantial
$434
proposed penalties
$434
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
5
inspections on record
50
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: 50 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.
$434
proposed penalties
$434
current assessed
$434
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-11-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents associated with this operator.

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