Mining Incidents

Columbus Materials Metal/Non-Metal

Columbus Materials · Surface
Columbus, Colorado County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104808

Columbus Materials has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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
53
citations
23
significant & substantial
$22,859
proposed penalties
$22,859
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
16
inspections on record
203
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: 203 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Columbus Materials has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-03-27.
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
2013 Q3 1,349 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,492 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,375 7 2 5090.9
2012 Q4 757 2 1 2642.0
2012 Q3 1,695 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,714 2 0 1166.9
2012 Q1 1,387 1 0 721.0
2011 Q4 1,465 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 1,642 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,718 15 3 4034.4
2011 Q1 4,955 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,315 8 4 1854.0
2010 Q3 4,167 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,677 18 13 4895.3
2010 Q1 1,748 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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