Big Blossom
Metal/Non-Metal
Beatty,
Esmeralda County,
NV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602732
Big Blossom has $54K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2013
- Latest incident
- Feb 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
3
significant & substantial
$53,869
proposed penalties
4% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $51,569 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
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: 60 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Big Blossom has $54K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 1 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.
7 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-03-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 |
| 2013 Q1 |
80 |
8 |
3 |
100000.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2013 · 2 incidents
Unknown operator · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Sub contractors were on their 1st blast and the round prematurely ignited causing two miners to receive serious injuries .
Unknown operator · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Sub contractors were attempting their first blast and the explosives prematurely ignited. Causing severe injuries to two workers
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