Mining Incidents

Morefield Gem Mine, Inc operator

Controlled by Samuel M Dunaway Jr
MSHA operator ID: L16862
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2007–2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
19
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,172
proposed penalties
$2,768
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $404 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
637
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: 637 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-03-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2012
1
2007
3

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