Mining Incidents

Crusher #1 Metal/Non-Metal

American Silica Inc · Surface
Controlled by Kent Fitch
las vegas, Nye County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602430

Crusher #1 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2002
Latest incident
Nov 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
138
citations
34
significant & substantial
$14,745
proposed penalties
$9,490
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,255 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
724
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: 724 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crusher #1 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
126 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-02-07.
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
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 424 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,600 1 0 625.0
2007 Q4 626 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 712 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,421 0 0 0.0
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1 6,016 1 0 166.2
2006 Q4 14,971 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 26,489 11 3 415.3
2006 Q2 19,906 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 20,777 2 0 96.3
2005 Q4 11,762 31 10 2635.6
2005 Q3 9,521 2 1 210.1
2005 Q2 7,186 10 0 1391.6
2005 Q1 4,611 13 4 2819.3
2004 Q3 11,853 16 5 1349.9
2004 Q2 13,744 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 13,247 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 11,013 5 0 454.0
2003 Q3 8,906 2 0 224.6
2003 Q2 10,855 3 1 276.4
2003 Q1 7,535 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 10,160 2 0 196.9
2002 Q3 17,839 8 0 448.5
2002 Q2 1,972 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,727 6 1 891.9
2001 Q3 10 4 3 400000.0
2001 Q2 870 1 0 1149.4
2001 Q1 1,997 2 0 1001.5
2000 Q4 1,650 5 2 3030.3
2000 Q3 2,078 13 4 6256.0
2000 Q2 749 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2002 · 3 incidents

November 6, 2002 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Silica Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ONT HE EXCAVATOR WITH OTHER. OTHER WAS ATTEMPTING TO BEND A BROCKETT AFTER HEATING IT AND MISSED WITH THE 8TH SLEDGE HE WAS USING AND HIT HIM IN THE CENTER OF THE CHEST.

August 22, 2002 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Silica Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS ADJUSTING THE MATERIAL FLOW ON A SCREEN. HE SLIPPED ON FINE SAND AND STRUCK HIS KNEE ON AN ANGLE IRON STRUT.

March 7, 2002 NV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Silica Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REPLAICNG BELTS ON CONVEYOR DRIVE MOTOR WHEN FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELTS & PULLEY.

2001 · 2 incidents

October 5, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Silica Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING A BELT ON THE VIBRATING SCREENS AND HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE PULLEY AND THE TIP OF HIS FINGER WAS CUT OFF.

August 10, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal forklift operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-States Rock & Mineral Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PUTTING A JEREC ON A SCREEN SHAKER, WHEN HE CUT THE WEB OF THE THUMB & INDEX FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND.

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