Mining Incidents

Sierra Rock operator

Controlled by Loring H Brunius
MSHA operator ID: L03130
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1989–2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
271
citations
78
significant & substantial
$89,693
proposed penalties
$32,347
paid to date
36% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $57,346 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
65
inspections on record
1,166
inspection hours
23.2
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.
271 citations across 1,166 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.
$101K
proposed penalties
$94K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$50K
outstanding
275 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-10-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2005
1
2003
1
2002
1
1994
1
1989
1

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