Mining Incidents

Ouray Silver Mines Inc. operator

MSHA operator ID: 0136673
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
35
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2014–2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
136
citations
47
significant & substantial
$84,640
proposed penalties
$75,604
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,036 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
85
inspections on record
2,729
inspection hours
5.0
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.
136 citations across 2,729 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.
$85K
proposed penalties
$77K
current assessed
$76K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
129 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-11-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2021
4
2020
8
2017
2
2016
1
2015
16
2014
4

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