DARTMOUTH has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Jan 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
27
citations
5
significant & substantial
$4,121
proposed penalties
$4,021
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
14
inspections on record
237
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: 237 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
DARTMOUTH has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $443 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-02-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
Vacated or withdrawn
3 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$443 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2008-04-22.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2008
1
2007
2
2006
3
2005
2
2004
2
2003
2
2002
3
2001
3
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
DARTMOUTH sits in Barton County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 2.7% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Barton County, Kansas · Population 25,275
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$56,733
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
4
2
0
500000.0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
756
4
0
5291.0
2007 Q2
996
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
941
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
840
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
716
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2
614
4
1
6514.7
2006 Q1
290
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
102
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
102
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
146
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
176
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
296
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
176
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
165
17
4
103030.3
2004 Q1
392
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
370
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
372
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
342
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
146
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
259
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
156
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
356
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
441
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
522
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
530
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
187
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
645
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
753
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
637
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
512
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
216
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
January 23, 2008KS · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handFatality · OTHER