Mining Incidents

VESSELL MINERALS/THE OLD DOL' operator

Controlled by Royce Vessell
MSHA operator ID: 0070664
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
32
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2004–2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
42
citations
13
significant & substantial
$14,506
proposed penalties
$14,506
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
11
inspections on record
194
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: 194 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-08-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2007
7
2006
11
2005
6
2004
8

Mines on record

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