Scorpio Mining Inc operator
Controlled by
Joe D Richards
MSHA operator ID: P20437
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 29
- Mines on record
- 6
- Years on record
- 1989–2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
184
citations
32
significant & substantial
$16,927
proposed penalties
$16,102
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $825 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
114
inspections on record
2,757
inspection hours
6.7
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.184 citations across 2,757 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.$17K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
181 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-08-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 19 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 2 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2005
2
2004
2
2003
6
2002
5
2001
1
1998
1
1997
2
1996
4
1995
1
1994
1
1993
1
1990
1
1989
2
Mines on record
- King Mine #1 WV
- Laurel Run #2 WV
- Laurel Run WV
- Williams No 4 WV
- Williams No 2 WV
- No 1 Mine WV
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