Mining Incidents

TUFFLITE, INC. operator

MSHA operator ID: L30481
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
11
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1988–2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
140
citations
45
significant & substantial
$217,154
proposed penalties
$69,533
paid to date
32% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $147,621 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
29
inspections on record
607
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: 607 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.
$217K
proposed penalties
$70K
current assessed
$70K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
136 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-05-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2005
1 (1f)
2004
2
2003
1
2001
2
1995
2
1993
1
1992
1
1988
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
September 9, 2005 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
TUFFLITE, INC. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Victim was operating a motorized scraper, without a seat belt. The belt was in good condition but he was not using it. He ran over a large pile of dirt and fell out of the machine. The machine ran him over.

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