Thomas J. Smith, Inc. · Struck against a moving object
Employee was clearing trees on top of an embankment with a caterpillar d5m lgp bulldozer when the bulldozer went over the embankment coming to rest on its side.
Thomas J. Smith, Inc. operator
Controlled by
Thomas J Smith
MSHA operator ID: P20009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
75
citations
34
significant & substantial
$60,585
proposed penalties
$45,285
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15,300 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
110
inspections on record
2,668
inspection hours
2.8
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.75 citations across 2,668 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.$61K
proposed penalties
$45K
current assessed
$45K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-08-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 8 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 5 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 2 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2009
6
2008
3
2007
3
2005
3 (1f)
2004
4
2003
3
2002
1
1997
1
1993
1
1990
1
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
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