81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,694 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
92
inspections on record
3,012
inspection hours
13.7
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.
413 citations across 3,012 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.
$71K
proposed penalties
$58K
current assessed
$58K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
410 assessments are final orders; 16 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-01-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
March 29, 1999AL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerFatality · MACHINERY
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object
EE WAS OPERATING PC400 KOMATSU EXCAVATOR BY THE 530 LEVE SW QUARRY WALL, WHEN A LARGE ROCK STRUCK THE BUCKET & SLID DOWN THE ARM, STRIKING THE OPERATOR'S CAB. FATALLY INJURING THE OPERATOR.
July 1, 1998MD · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE OPERATING MOBILE SWEEPER WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH WHEN HE ENTERED A RAILROAD LOADING TUNNEL THAT WAS ACTIVE. A STRING OF FIVE LOADED RAIL CARS WAS PUSHED BY A LOCOMOTIVE INTO THE AREA WHE RE HIS SWEEPER WAS. THE SWEEPER WAS PUSHED BACKWARDS BY THE END RAIL CAR UNTIL IT STRUCK A BUILDING COLUMN AND THE CAB CRUSHED. EMPLOYEE DIED IN THE CAB.
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