Mining Incidents

Bear Creek Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Doug Dalton
Jefferson, Smyth County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403890

Bear Creek Quarry has $2K 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
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
May 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
33
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,423
proposed penalties
$2,423
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
254
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: 254 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bear Creek Quarry has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-05-10.
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
2007 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,368 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,586 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,932 17 0 8799.2
2006 Q1 1,843 3 0 1627.8
2005 Q4 2,404 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,799 1 0 357.3
2005 Q2 3,142 0 0 0.0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q1 3,044 2 0 657.0
2004 Q4 2,924 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,779 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,518 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,693 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,777 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,875 1 0 258.1
2003 Q2 3,915 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,527 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,431 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,249 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,722 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,538 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,278 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,261 1 0 306.7
2001 Q2 3,944 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,686 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,165 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,739 6 2 1266.1
2000 Q2 4,851 2 1 412.3
2000 Q1 4,383 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

May 22, 2003 VA · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Cardinal Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS PUTTING A 12' PIECE OF DRILL STEEL IN THE DRILL. THE STEEL FELL BACK AND HE TRIED TO CATCH IT. IT MASHED HIS 4TH FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE BOOM AND DRILL STEEL.

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