Mining Incidents

Matthewsville Excavating operator

Controlled by Allen Matthews
MSHA operator ID: L17347
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
167
citations
84
significant & substantial
$65,222
proposed penalties
$51,778
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,444 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
645
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: 645 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.
$65K
proposed penalties
$53K
current assessed
$52K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
165 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-03-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2005
1 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
July 21, 2005 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Matthewsville Excavating · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was caught in the tail pulley of feed conveyor and his hand & arm was pulled in until his chest contacted frame work. This caused him to die of asphixiation.

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