Placer Mining Corporation operator
Controlled by
Robert Hopper Jr
MSHA operator ID: L12798
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 21
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1993–2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
146
citations
27
significant & substantial
$26,687
proposed penalties
$22,676
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,011 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
109
inspections on record
2,047
inspection hours
7.1
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.146 citations across 2,047 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$27K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
143 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 5 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 5 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 2 non-fatal
- FIRE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2021
1
2020
2
2017
1
2015
1
2008
1
2007
1
2005
1
2003
1
2001
1
2000
1
1999
1
1998
2
1997
2
1996
2
1993
3
Mines on record
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