Mining Incidents

Chieftain Site Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Russell J O'Connor
CANAAN, Litchfield County, CT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0600711

Chieftain Site 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
14
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,089
proposed penalties
$1,089
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
13
inspections on record
97
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: 97 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Chieftain Site 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
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-09-10.
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
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 411 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 747 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 492 0 0 0.0
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4 438 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 168 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 193 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 146 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 401 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 273 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,265 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 895 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 340 3 1 8823.5
2008 Q2 162 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 962 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,005 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 549 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 170 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 914 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,112 2 0 1798.6
2006 Q3 157 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 197 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 944 5 3 5296.6
2005 Q4 1,306 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,154 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,655 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,307 2 1 1530.2
2004 Q4 997 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,007 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 873 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,072 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,076 2 0 1858.7
2003 Q3 1,193 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 891 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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