Biwabik Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Paul Jacobsen
· Surface
Controlled by
Paul M Jacobsen
BIWABIK,
St Louis County,
MN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103320
Biwabik Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 2 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 2004
24
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,188
proposed penalties
$1,699
paid to date
53% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,489 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
21
inspections on record
111
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: 111 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Biwabik Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 2 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.$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-09-12.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Q3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 250000.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 248 | 9 | 0 | 36290.3 |
| 2007 Q3 | 375 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q4 | 262 | 1 | 0 | 3816.8 |
| 2005 Q3 | 666 | 3 | 1 | 4504.5 |
| 2005 Q2 | 392 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q4 | 371 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 684 | 1 | 0 | 1462.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 344 | 1 | 0 | 2907.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q4 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 807 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 687 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q3 | 1,269 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 750 | 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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The full compliance file on Biwabik Pit
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.