I was listening to Talk Radio this morning and they had a caller that was claimed to be familiar with the violations at this mine. He said none of them were serious in nature. Another caller suggested that if there were serious violations that should have kept workers out of the mine, then why didn't they shut it down?
The maximum civil penalty for regular and special assessments is $60,000 per violation.
then i'm thinking $250 is not a very serious violation.
We have FOOD FOR THOUGHT here in my town where they report on food and safty violations of resturants. Many over and over have 8-12 violations, some as mild as an employee with a coke in the back room. These places are still in business and many of them improve their safty record.
We have come a long way in this country and for the most part it is in the good of all of us, when it comes to regulations of work places.