A. BORASKY EXCAVATING: 26 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
A. BORASKY EXCAVATING has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
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- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
26
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,584
proposed penalties
$1,874
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $710 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
117
inspection hours
n/a
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.Rate withheld: 117 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
A. BORASKY EXCAVATING has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets.
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.$3K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $884 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-05-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.11.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
11.5%
reasonably likely or greater
46.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 30.8% low, 69.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
5
citations taken to the federal commission · 19% of citations on record
- Settled 4 · 80%
- Stood as issued 1 · 20%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
54%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $605 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2006-10-23.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEST 2004-262M | Settlement | Weisberger | 2004 | $1K → $350 |
| WEST 2004-314M | Dismissal | Weisberger | 2004 | $219 → $219 |
| WEST 2007-57M | Settlement | Lesnick | 2007 | $195 → $195 |
| WEST 2005-348M | Dismissal | Manning | 2005 | $120 → $60 |
| WEST 2003-430-M | Settlement | Weisberger | 2004 | $60 → $60 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
- A Borasky Excavating 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
A. BORASKY EXCAVATING sits in Nye County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 7.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Nye County, Nevada · Population 53,207
7.3%
Mining share of county employment
$55,975
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Q2 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 21739.1 |
| 2007 Q1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 140 | 2 | 1 | 14285.7 |
| 2006 Q2 | 305 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 366 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 346 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 397 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Q2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 321 | 2 | 0 | 6230.5 |
| 2004 Q4 | 321 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 409 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 350 | 3 | 1 | 8571.4 |
| 2003 Q4 | 218 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 361 | 4 | 1 | 11080.3 |
| 2003 Q1 | 416 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 294 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 378 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 614 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 436 | 5 | 0 | 11467.9 |
| 2001 Q3 | 268 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 610 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 368 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 216 | 9 | 0 | 41666.7 |
| 2000 Q1 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.