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Pioneer International Ltd controller

MSHA controller ID: M04321

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Fatalities
4
Total incidents
557
Mines on record
48
Years on record
1983–2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
172
citations
60
significant & substantial
$22,688
proposed penalties
$22,554
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $134 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
52
inspections on record
1,182
inspection hours
14.6
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.
172 citations across 1,182 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
169 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-05-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2000
32
1999
25
1998
32
1997
7
1996
12
1995
31
1994
29
1993
30 (1f)
1992
34
1991
48
1990
71 (1f)
1989
69
1988
28 (1f)
1987
31 (1f)
1986
34
1985
20
1984
14
1983
10

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

4 recorded
August 11, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader operator Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING OUT THE PILE WHEN HE NOTICED WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A MISS-FIRE.HE THEN DUG HIS WAY TO THE SUSPECTED MISS-FIRE,WHICH PLACED HIM AND HIS MACHINE UNDER LOOSE MATERIAL.THE EMPLO YEE THEN EXITED HIS MACHINE TO RETRIEVE THE SUSPECTED MISS-FIRE.WHILE STANDING AT THE FACE,A LARGE ROCK SLIPPED OFF THE FACE,CRUSHING THE EMPLOYEE.

June 13, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand Fatality · OTHER
Pioneer Concrete Of Texas Inc · Drowning

EMP TAKEN OFF LIFE JACKET ATTEMPTED TO SWIM AFTER BOAT WHICH HAD DRIFTED OFF FROM THE BANK. WITNESS ADVISED THAT HE STOPPED SWIMMING AND WENT UNDER THE WATER ONCE AND CAME BACK UP. EMP THEN W ENT UNDER THE WATER AGAIN AND DID NOT COME BACK UP

June 16, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Lafarge Corp · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH ENERGIZED 4160 VOLT CONDUCTORS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE THE SOURCE OF A BAD SMELL PROBABLY A DEAD ANIMAL WHEN HE LEANED INTO THE TOP PART OF THE GE BOX TO LOOK INTO THE 4160 VOLT BUS BAR WELL, WHEN HE CAME INTO CONTACT WITHT HE BUS BAR OR OTHER ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS.

December 29, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Borger Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BOOSTING 988 WI7H BATTERY CABLES--I,NAME WAS ON GROUND DIRECTING LOADER, BACK INTO POSITION, PINNING HIMSELF BETWEEN THE TIRES OF THE TWO LOADERS.

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