Mining Incidents

Meridian Aggregates Company operator

MSHA operator ID: L13605
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
182
Mines on record
23
Years on record
1991–2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
194
citations
65
significant & substantial
$43,188
proposed penalties
$32,860
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,328 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
62
inspections on record
978
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: 978 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$33K
current assessed
$33K
paid to date
$566
outstanding
185 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-04-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2001
5
2000
21
1999
29
1998
37
1997
17
1996
14
1995
11
1994
18
1993
15
1992
8 (1f)
1991
7

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
April 9, 1992 MN · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Meridian Aggregates Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR OF PICK UP TRUCK WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN HIS TRUCK AND ANOTHER TRUCK THEN TRUCK RAN OVER OPERATOR

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