BUFFALO VALLEY MINE has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1995–2007
Latest incident
Apr 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
12
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,008
proposed penalties
$1,008
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
17
inspections on record
192
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: 192 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
BUFFALO VALLEY MINE has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-08-02.
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
2007 Q2
1,087
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
2,509
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
2,394
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,722
1
1
367.4
2006 Q2
3,509
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
3,204
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
2,071
1
0
482.9
2005 Q3
3,680
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2
3,509
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
3,343
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,316
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
3,455
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
4,188
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
3,412
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,042
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,947
3
1
1018.0
2003 Q2
2,920
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,962
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
2,013
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
3,092
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
4,276
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
3,503
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,944
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
3,644
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
4,910
5
2
1018.3
2001 Q1
4,584
2
1
436.3
2000 Q4
3,301
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
4,782
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
5,052
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,584
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2007 · 1 incident
April 5, 2007NC · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorMACHINERY
Robert E Lee · Struck by rolling or sliding object
Employee was operating a track hoe, digging dirt from a bank. He was finishing for the day and backing the track hoe up when a large clod of dirt rolled down and hit him in his left side.
2006 · 1 incident
February 17, 2006NC · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE states he was repairing a belt on the left side of a dirt sand screener. His foot slipped and he fell to the ground.
1998 · 2 incidents
December 4, 1998NC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
November 18, 1998NC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Robert E Lee · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Robert E Lee · Contact with hot objects or substances
EE STATES HE WAS DOING SOME WELDING ON A TAIL GATE ON A TRUCK AND A PIECE OF HOT METAL FELL OFF AND LANDED ON THE TOP OF HIS RT FOOT.
March 17, 1995NC · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE STATES WHILE WORKING ON A TANDEM TRUCK, HE REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP A BOLT AND COULDNT STRAIGHTEN UP.
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