I WAS WORKING ON THE BACKHOE JCB ABOUT 150+ FEET WHEN I NOTICE I MADE A CRACK IN WALL TO COLLECT CRYSTAL.I STOPPED MACHINE AND LOOKED LEFT WHEN I NOTICED RUBBLE ROLLING IN PIT A (MIDDLE ???). I NOTICED A FREND BRIAN LOOK ON FACE I JUMPED OFF MACHINE & ENVESTIGATED AREA TO FIND INJURED HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING UP. FREND & I DRUG HIM OUT OF MINE W/ SOME INJURY BEING HEAD,NECK OR BAC
Avatar Crystal Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Fantasia Mining, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Jessica Suit
Mt. Ida,
Montgomery County,
AR
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301682
Avatar Crystal Mine has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2001
- Latest incident
- Apr 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
16
citations
8
significant & substantial
$7,568
proposed penalties
$275
paid to date
4% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,293 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
24
inspections on record
233
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: 233 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Avatar Crystal Mine has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 3 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.$8K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$275
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-08-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 658 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 265 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 234 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q2 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2001 Q2 | 40 | 9 | 7 | 225000.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q1 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2001 · 1 incident
April 22, 2001
AR · Metal/Non-Metal
mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner
FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
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