Mining Incidents

Patrick Processing LLC operator

Controlled by Bill C Smith
MSHA operator ID: 0051312
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2003–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
629
citations
323
significant & substantial
$255,617
proposed penalties
$128,259
paid to date
50% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $127,358 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
82
inspections on record
4,429
inspection hours
14.2
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.
629 citations across 4,429 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.
$256K
proposed penalties
$255K
current assessed
$128K
paid to date
$127K
outstanding
617 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-12-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2008
1
2007
1
2006
1
2004
1
2003
1

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