Mining Incidents

BENSON MINE Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Tony Ray Harris
San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405642

BENSON MINE has $9K 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
47
citations
2
significant & substantial
$8,568
proposed penalties
$8,568
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
22
inspections on record
262
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: 262 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BENSON MINE has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-18.
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
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 4,209 1 0 237.6
2021 Q3 5,469 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,555 2 0 360.0
2021 Q1 4,529 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,724 1 0 268.5
2020 Q3 5,288 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,777 0 0 0.0
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q1 6,045 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,745 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,120 1 0 163.4
2019 Q2 5,629 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,504 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,833 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,795 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,049 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,993 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,970 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,592 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 762 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,024 4 0 3906.2
2009 Q4 132 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 2,572 1 0 388.8
2008 Q3 4,706 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,040 1 0 490.2
2008 Q1 576 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,082 5 0 4621.1
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 5,854 6 0 1024.9
2007 Q1 2,012 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,755 3 0 1709.4
2006 Q3 2,394 5 2 2088.6
2006 Q2 1,997 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,793 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,914 3 0 1029.5
2005 Q3 3,180 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,400 14 0 5833.3

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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