Mining Incidents

Brown Construction Co Inc: 20 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Brown Construction Co, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Donald D Brown
Homer, Kenai Peninsula County, AK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 5001940

Brown Construction Co Inc has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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 2010
20
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,596
proposed penalties
$3,608
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $988 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
12
inspections on record
180
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: 180 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Brown Construction Co Inc has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-06-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
31.6%
significant & substantial
5.3%
high negligence or reckless
31.6%
reasonably likely or greater
42.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.5% low, 84.2% moderate, 5.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
15 citations taken to the federal commission · 75% of citations on record
  • Settled 15 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $3K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2012-11-29.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2011-330M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $2K → $2K
WEST 2013-241M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $2K → $807
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Brown Construction Co, Inc. 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 0
2018 0
2017 3
2016 3
2015 2
2014 4
2013 7
2012 4
2011 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Brown Construction Co Inc sits in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 5.7% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska · Population 59,843
5.7%
Mining share of county employment
$77,722
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 774 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 570 1 0 1754.4
2017 Q1 0 0 0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,160 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 545 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 629 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,104 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,392 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,854 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 954 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,282 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,028 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 723 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 574 3 1 5226.5
2012 Q3 2,202 1 0 454.1
2012 Q2 1,880 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 275 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,308 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,474 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 131 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.