CW Falls & Silverdale Metal/Non-Metal
Higgins Ranch, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Michael W Higgins
Cottonwood Falls,
Chase County,
KS
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401652
CW Falls & Silverdale has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
53
citations
11
significant & substantial
$7,044
proposed penalties
$7,027
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
33
inspections on record
251
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 251 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
CW Falls & Silverdale has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-09-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 316 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 361 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 505 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Q2 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 340 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q1 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 250 | 1 | 0 | 4000.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 572 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 568 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 927 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 265 | 1 | 0 | 3773.6 |
| 2017 Q4 | 828 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 746 | 10 | 1 | 13404.8 |
| 2017 Q2 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 850 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,286 | 2 | 1 | 1555.2 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,625 | 1 | 1 | 615.4 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,228 | 3 | 0 | 2443.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,235 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,643 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,941 | 4 | 1 | 2060.8 |
| 2015 Q2 | 2,007 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 595 | 4 | 0 | 6722.7 |
| 2014 Q4 | 585 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 624 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 754 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,045 | 2 | 1 | 1913.9 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,132 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 972 | 9 | 2 | 9259.3 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,152 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 618 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,694 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,751 | 3 | 2 | 1713.3 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,476 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,090 | 1 | 0 | 917.4 |
| 2011 Q4 | 626 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,516 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,027 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 540 | 2 | 0 | 3703.7 |
| 2010 Q4 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 319 | 1 | 0 | 3134.8 |
| 2010 Q2 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 62500.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 985 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 1,315 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 1,386 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,470 | 1 | 0 | 680.3 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1,176 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 255 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 96 | 3 | 2 | 31250.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q3 | 288 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q4 | 248 | 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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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.