WHILE TESTING A SWITCH IN THE MAIN CONTROL PANELTHE PANEL SHORTED OUT CAUSING A FLASH EXPLOSION BURNING EE'S HANDS. THIS PANEL WAS DEENERGIZED AS IT IS TO BE REPLACED BY AN ELECTRICIAN
Dawn Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Messer Construction Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Jacky Messer; Johnnie Messer
Hereford,
Deaf Smith County,
TX
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104060
Dawn Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $216 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2000
- Latest incident
- Sep 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
41
citations
2
significant & substantial
$4,932
proposed penalties
$4,716
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $216 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
335
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: 335 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Dawn Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $216 outstanding across 0 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.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$216
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-06-01.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q1 | 2,093 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 24390.2 |
| 2013 Q3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 64516.1 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Q3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2000000.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1000000.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1000000.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,381 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,155 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,114 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 800 | 1 | 0 | 1250.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,306 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,042 | 3 | 0 | 2879.1 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,885 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,638 | 4 | 0 | 2442.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 2,223 | 1 | 0 | 449.8 |
| 2005 Q3 | 2,533 | 14 | 2 | 5527.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 1,372 | 5 | 0 | 3644.3 |
| 2005 Q1 | 2,100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 1,660 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 1,620 | 1 | 0 | 617.3 |
| 2002 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q4 | 2,556 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 1,600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2000 · 1 incident
Messer Construction Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)
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