Mountain Edge Mining Inc operator
Controlled by
Douglas M Epling
MSHA operator ID: P23018
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 198
- Mines on record
- 13
- Years on record
- 1998–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2,498
citations
915
significant & substantial
$2,031,186
proposed penalties
$1,628,699
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $402,487 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
356
inspections on record
18,962
inspection hours
13.2
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.2,498 citations across 18,962 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$2.0M
proposed penalties
$1.6M
current assessed
$1.6M
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2,415 assessments are final orders; 80 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-12-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 79 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 35 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 23 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 21 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 15 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 13 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2015
1
2012
3
2011
29
2010
33
2009
48
2008
23
2007
13
2006
20
2005
7
2004
13
2003
1
2002
2
2001
2
2000
1
1999
1
1998
1
Mines on record
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