Mining Incidents

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
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
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.

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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

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