Mining Incidents

Midwest Stone LLC operator

Controlled by William Gaines
MSHA operator ID: 0065443
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2007–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
85
citations
18
significant & substantial
$102,130
proposed penalties
$12,455
paid to date
12% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $89,675 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
47
inspections on record
548
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: 548 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.
$102K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-06-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2008
1
2007
2

Mines on record

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