Mining Incidents

Sunrise Minerals operator

Controlled by Donald E Siecke
MSHA operator ID: 0087884
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2008–2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
45
citations
11
significant & substantial
$8,488
proposed penalties
$7,834
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $654 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
31
inspections on record
471
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: 471 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-05-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2018
1
2017
1
2016
1
2010
1
2008
1

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