Mining Incidents

Puget Sound Surfacers Inc operator

Controlled by Michael P Shaw
MSHA operator ID: L02534
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
31
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1989–2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
71
citations
11
significant & substantial
$9,220
proposed penalties
$8,186
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,034 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
608
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 608 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-11-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2020
1
2019
2
2013
1
2008
1
2007
2
2005
2
2003
3
2002
1
1999
4
1998
3
1997
1
1994
2
1993
4
1992
1
1991
1
1990
1
1989
1

Mines on record

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