Mining Incidents

PIA Company, Inc. operator

Controlled by Larry Thornsberry
MSHA operator ID: P13349
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1983–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
60
citations
20
significant & substantial
$10,253
proposed penalties
$9,814
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $439 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
36
inspections on record
1,138
inspection hours
5.3
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.
60 citations across 1,138 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
57 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-04-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
1
2007
1
1983
1

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