Mining Incidents

Western Rock Reduction Co. operator

Controlled by Gary Weathers
MSHA operator ID: L40149
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1988–2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
125
citations
31
significant & substantial
$70,720
proposed penalties
$34,979
paid to date
49% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $35,741 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
558
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: 558 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.
$71K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$35K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
124 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-09-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2007
1
2000
2
1998
1
1997
3
1995
1
1989
1
1988
3

Mines on record

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