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
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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
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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.$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.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 45 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 42 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 20 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 15 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 11 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 8 non-fatal
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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