Mining Incidents

Chico Metal/Non-Metal

Chico, Wise County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104820

Chico has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $38K 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
35
citations
20
significant & substantial
$38,437
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $38,437 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
7
inspections on record
140
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: 140 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Chico has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $38K 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.
$38K
proposed penalties
$38K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$38K
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-04-06.
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
2010 Q4 2,253 14 10 6213.9
2010 Q3 773 18 10 23285.9

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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