Mining Incidents

Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc. operator

Controlled by Lafarge S A
MSHA operator ID: L16656
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
81
Mines on record
6
Years on record
1998–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
374
citations
67
significant & substantial
$73,699
proposed penalties
$54,326
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $19,373 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
189
inspections on record
5,015
inspection hours
7.5
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.
374 citations across 5,015 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.
$74K
proposed penalties
$66K
current assessed
$54K
paid to date
$12K
outstanding
367 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-07-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2008
7
2007
3
2006
5
2005
14
2004
5
2003
12
2002
11 (1f)
2001
6
2000
5
1999
7
1998
6

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
September 10, 2002 MD · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper Fatality · MACHINERY
Lafarge Mid-Atlantic, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

DRILLER WAS IN DRILL CAB PREPARING TO DRILL AN 18' DEEP ANGLE HOLE. DRILL HAD BEEN LEVELLED AND ALL JACKS HAD BEEN EXTENDED. DERRICK WAS BEING POSITIONED WHEN DRILL OVERTURNED ONTO RIGHT SIDE, TRAPPING DRILLER IN CAB.

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