Mining Incidents

Rocky Mountain Miners: 39 MSHA citations operator

MSHA operator ID: BZG

Rocky Mountain Miners has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA. MSHA has proposed $22K in penalties since 2000.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Mines on record
0
Years on record
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
39
citations
26
significant & substantial
$21,847
proposed penalties
$15,498
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,349 gap.
Source: MSHA violations 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $26K in penalties contested before the Commission, $18K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-11-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
66.7%
significant & substantial
7.7%
high negligence or reckless
69.2%
reasonably likely or greater
30.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.6% low, 66.7% moderate, 7.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST20000540 Settlement Weisberger 2001 $17K → $11K
WEST20000549 Settlement Weisberger 2001 $4K → $3K
WEST20000516 Settlement Weisberger 2001 $2K → $2K
WEST20000539 Settlement Weisberger 2001 $2K → $2K
WEST20010236 Dismissal 2001 $369 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents associated with this operator.

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Where Rocky Mountain Miners stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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