Sterling Mining Corporation operator
Controlled by
W Thomas Mackall
MSHA operator ID: P21337
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 115
- Mines on record
- 6
- Years on record
- 1992–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,214
citations
412
significant & substantial
$468,413
proposed penalties
$357,246
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $111,167 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
409
inspections on record
21,771
inspection hours
5.6
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.1,214 citations across 21,771 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.$468K
proposed penalties
$357K
current assessed
$357K
paid to date
$38
outstanding
1,188 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-12-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 59 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 17 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 10 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 10 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 9 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 7 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2015
3
2014
8
2013
3
2012
3
2011
7
2010
4
2009
7
2008
12
2007
11
2006
5
2005
5
2004
4
2002
3
2001
4
2000
7
1999
5
1998
1
1997
4
1996
4
1995
4
1994
4
1992
7
Mines on record
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