Mining Incidents

Smith Sand Company Inc operator

Controlled by Steven C Smith
MSHA operator ID: L00987
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2003–2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
24
citations
5
significant & substantial
$12,265
proposed penalties
$1,001
paid to date
8% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,264 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
13
inspections on record
145
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 145 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2004
1
2003
3

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