Mining Incidents

Solid Mining Company operator

Controlled by Madeline R Fletcher
MSHA operator ID: P06682
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
28
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1986–2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
88
citations
32
significant & substantial
$6,741
proposed penalties
$1,307
paid to date
19% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,434 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
71
inspections on record
1,264
inspection hours
7.0
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.
88 citations across 1,264 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-11-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2002
1
2001
2
2000
3
1999
2
1998
2
1997
1
1994
3
1993
2
1991
1
1990
4
1989
2
1988
3 (1f)
1987
1
1986
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
March 26, 1988 VA · Coal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Solid Mining Company · Struck by falling object

VICTIM WAS HELPING INSTALL TIMBERS AND A ROOF FALL OCCURRING CAUSING FATAL INJURIES.

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