Northern Son, Inc. operator
Controlled by
Franklin S Schall
MSHA operator ID: 0050565
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 21
- Mines on record
- 4
- Years on record
- 2004–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
286
citations
169
significant & substantial
$162,998
proposed penalties
$93,033
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $69,965 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
178
inspections on record
4,424
inspection hours
6.5
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.286 citations across 4,424 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.$163K
proposed penalties
$93K
current assessed
$93K
paid to date
$269
outstanding
276 assessments are final orders; 51 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-03-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 8 non-fatal
- FIRE 5 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 3 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2014
1
2013
3
2012
2
2011
2
2010
3
2009
1
2008
3
2007
2
2006
1
2004
3
Mines on record
- Mine 33 PA
- Huskin Mine PA
- Moshannon PA
- Brink PA
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