Mining Incidents

Superior Mining LLC operator

MSHA operator ID: 0106445
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
518
citations
240
significant & substantial
$338,555
proposed penalties
$106,891
paid to date
32% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $231,664 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
51
inspections on record
2,014
inspection hours
25.7
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.
518 citations across 2,014 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.
$339K
proposed penalties
$339K
current assessed
$107K
paid to date
$232K
outstanding
498 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-03-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2010
2

Mines on record

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