Mining Incidents

Left Fork Mining Co Inc operator

Controlled by Benjamin R. Bennett
MSHA operator ID: P22980
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
156
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1995–2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2,298
citations
860
significant & substantial
$2,801,565
proposed penalties
$377,919
paid to date
13% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,423,646 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
356
inspections on record
17,937
inspection hours
12.8
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.
2,298 citations across 17,937 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.
$2.8M
proposed penalties
$2.7M
current assessed
$378K
paid to date
$2.3M
outstanding
2,168 assessments are final orders; 117 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-04-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2012
1
2011
3
2010
39
2009
14
2008
18
2007
19
2006
24
2005
4
2003
1
2001
1
2000
2
1998
1
1997
12
1996
13
1995
4

Mines on record

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