Mining Incidents

Old Country Mining, Inc. operator

Controlled by Dennis Mahaffey
MSHA operator ID: 0051389
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2005–2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
192
citations
74
significant & substantial
$39,528
proposed penalties
$219
paid to date
1% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $39,309 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
32
inspections on record
1,179
inspection hours
16.3
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.
192 citations across 1,179 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.
$40K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$219
paid to date
$39K
outstanding
190 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-01-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2006
3
2005
4

Mines on record

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