Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc. operator
Controlled by
Veris Gold Corp.
MSHA operator ID: L10244
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 264
- Mines on record
- 6
- Years on record
- 1988–2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
2,249
citations
643
significant & substantial
$3,904,791
proposed penalties
$1,528,972
paid to date
39% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,375,819 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
391
inspections on record
13,536
inspection hours
16.6
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.2,249 citations across 13,536 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.$3.9M
proposed penalties
$3.7M
current assessed
$1.5M
paid to date
$2.1M
outstanding
2,205 assessments are final orders; 35 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-06-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 91 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 57 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 30 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 22 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 22 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 10 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2015
12
2014
20
2013
32
2012
23
2011
10
2010
13
2009
13
2008
19
2007
26
2006
22
2005
25
2004
24
2003
9
1992
2
1991
2
1990
2
1989
7
1988
3
Mines on record
- Jerritt Canyon Mill NV
- Saval 4 NV
- SSX Mine NV
- Lee Smith NV
- Murray Mine NV
- Dos Cabezas-Gold Prince Mine AZ
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