Mining Incidents

BENCHLY PIT Metal/Non-Metal

C Benchley · Surface
Controlled by C Benchley
Portland, Chautauqua County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3002975

BENCHLY PIT has $240 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 2003
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$240
proposed penalties
$240
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
8
inspections on record
47
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: 47 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BENCHLY PIT has $240 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.
$240
proposed penalties
$240
current assessed
$240
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-05-06.
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
2006 Q3 1,110 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 998 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 896 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 886 0 0 0.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 932 1 0 1073.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 886 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,036 3 0 2895.8
2003 Q2 969 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 804 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,048 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 863 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,089 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,080 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 664 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 844 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 885 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 120 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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