Mining Incidents

Backus Metal/Non-Metal

RPO Stone Inc · Surface
Controlled by Robert P Orr
Libby, Lincoln County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402428

Backus has $160 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2005
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$160
proposed penalties
$160
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
10
inspections on record
100
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: 100 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Backus has $160 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$160
proposed penalties
$160
current assessed
$160
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-08-03.
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
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q3 267 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 508 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 482 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 252 0 0 0.0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q2 697 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 108 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 465 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 219 1 0 4566.2
2010 Q2 475 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 95 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 844 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,336 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,603 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,096 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 651 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,088 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,469 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,587 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,561 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,217 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,379 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,162 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,487 1 0 672.5

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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