Mining Incidents

Avatar Crystal Mine Metal/Non-Metal

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
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
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.
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
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
Show 35 earlier quarters
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 file

2001 · 1 incident

April 22, 2001 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Crystal Mtn Gems · Struck by falling object

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

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