Mining Incidents

Applegate Shale Metal/Non-Metal

Applegate Shale Llc · Surface
Controlled by Thomas Vallejo
wilderville, Josephine County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503526

Applegate Shale has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
21
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,254
proposed penalties
$440
paid to date
10% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,814 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
8
inspections on record
109
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: 109 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Applegate Shale has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 4 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$440
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-12-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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
2002 Q3 363 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 494 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,004 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 968 14 7 14462.8
2001 Q3 1,283 7 1 5456.0
2001 Q2 1,755 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.

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