Mining Incidents

Mineral Park Inc. operator

Controlled by Mercator Minerals Ltd
MSHA operator ID: L15602
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
142
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1998–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
367
citations
98
significant & substantial
$318,939
proposed penalties
$175,811
paid to date
55% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $143,128 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
103
inspections on record
2,942
inspection hours
12.5
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.
367 citations across 2,942 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.
$319K
proposed penalties
$310K
current assessed
$176K
paid to date
$134K
outstanding
359 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-01-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2015
2
2014
24
2013
8
2012
4
2011
16
2010
16
2009
13
2008
28
2007
11
2006
3
2005
3
2004
5
2003
1
2002
1
2001
3
1998
4

Mines on record

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