99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $123 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
1,767
inspection hours
6.1
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.
108 citations across 1,767 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$123
outstanding
106 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-02-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Unimin Minnesota Corporation · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms
Incident is still under investigation. Cause of death is unknown, awaiting autopsy report. The victim was working from an elevated location that was provided with handrails. He was using an 8 foot stepladder. While preparing to weld on an overhead vent pipe, he fell going over the handrail and landed on a railroad track 47 feet below.
October 2, 2001MN · Metal/Non-Metalelectrician, linemanFatality · ELECTRICAL
Unimin Minnesota Corporation · Contact with electrical current
INDIVIDUAL CAME INTO CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD POWERLINE CAUSING DEATH BY ELECTRICUTION.
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