Mining Incidents

DA1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Alta Rock Ventures, LLC
Big Lake, Reagan County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4105101

DA1 has $36K 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
4
Years on record
2017–2019
Latest incident
Jun 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
52
citations
17
significant & substantial
$36,423
proposed penalties
$35,731
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $692 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
16
inspections on record
173
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: 173 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DA1 has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$36K
proposed penalties
$36K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-07-31.
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
2019 Q4 144 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,317 5 3 1507.4
2019 Q2 6,396 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,631 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,850 8 2 2077.9
2018 Q3 3,989 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,426 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,088 8 1 1572.3
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q4 3,703 5 2 1350.3
2017 Q3 4,844 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,740 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,892 21 7 5395.7
2016 Q4 3,162 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,675 5 2 1360.5
2016 Q2 4,756 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,525 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,204 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,628 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,535 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2019 · 1 incident

June 26, 2019 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Victory Rock Texas LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator had gotten out of the piece of equipment and started walking down the ramp and rolled an ankle.

2018 · 1 incident

December 3, 2018 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ground controller MACHINERY
Victory Rock Texas LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The miner was removing a rock stuck in the feeder of the primary crusher when it became dislodged and foot was wedged in the hood of the crusher.

2017 · 2 incidents

January 29, 2017 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Victory Rock Texas LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was performing irregular maintenance on a piece of equipment. This piece of equipment was properly locked out and tagged out. EE reached EE's hand inside the machine to adjust a part when the machine shifted and crushed EE's hand.

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