Mining Incidents

Blocker #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rick D Bumpers
McAlester, Pittsburg County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3401894

Blocker #1 has $21K 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
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
53
citations
12
significant & substantial
$21,411
proposed penalties
$18,005
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,406 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
30
inspections on record
265
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: 265 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blocker #1 has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-09-07.
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
2016 Q2 583 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 632 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 521 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 519 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 545 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 499 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 506 1 0 1976.3
2014 Q3 467 0 0 0.0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q2 571 1 0 1751.3
2014 Q1 483 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 347 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 814 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,624 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,642 2 0 1218.0
2012 Q4 1,593 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,650 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,556 2 1 1285.3
2012 Q1 1,531 4 0 2612.7
2011 Q4 1,575 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,581 4 3 2530.0
2011 Q2 1,598 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,366 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,650 15 7 9090.9
2010 Q3 1,563 4 0 2559.2
2010 Q2 1,431 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,688 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,787 2 0 717.6
2009 Q3 1,169 1 0 855.4
2009 Q2 2,120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,220 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,021 5 1 4897.2
2008 Q3 901 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 480 1 0 2083.3
2007 Q4 352 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,152 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,134 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,528 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,763 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,546 2 0 785.5
2006 Q1 5,240 1 0 190.8
2005 Q4 7,250 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,590 7 0 1252.2
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 216 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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