Mining Incidents

Rio Group, Inc. operator

Controlled by Richard H Abraham
MSHA operator ID: P24562
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
160
Mines on record
5
Years on record
2001–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
1,432
citations
585
significant & substantial
$1,948,959
proposed penalties
$86,788
paid to date
4% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,862,171 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
229
inspections on record
10,601
inspection hours
13.5
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.
1,432 citations across 10,601 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.
$1.9M
proposed penalties
$1.1M
current assessed
$87K
paid to date
$1.0M
outstanding
1,398 assessments are final orders; 30 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-06-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
2
2013
4
2012
10
2011
8
2010
8
2009
16
2008
9
2007
19
2006
20
2005
12
2004
17
2003
13
2002
16
2001
6

Mines on record

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