BEST MATERIALS CO., INC. Metal/Non-Metal
Best Materials Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
John D Bertling
Calvert,
Robertson County,
TX
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104088
BEST MATERIALS CO., INC. has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
49
citations
11
significant & substantial
$5,949
proposed penalties
$5,371
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $579 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
376
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 376 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
BEST MATERIALS CO., INC. has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$6K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-12-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q4 | 1,127 | 6 | 1 | 5323.9 |
| 2009 Q3 | 710 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,214 | 1 | 0 | 823.7 |
| 2009 Q1 | 1,264 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 593 | 2 | 1 | 3372.7 |
| 2008 Q3 | 576 | 4 | 0 | 6944.4 |
| 2008 Q2 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Q4 | 1,920 | 10 | 2 | 5208.3 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,080 | 2 | 0 | 1851.9 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,836 | 3 | 0 | 1634.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 2,560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,440 | 4 | 3 | 2777.8 |
| 2006 Q2 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 1,848 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 1,260 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q3 | 580 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 630 | 5 | 0 | 7936.5 |
| 2004 Q1 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 768 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 1,200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 620 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q3 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q4 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 432 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 720 | 8 | 4 | 11111.1 |
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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