Defiance Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Gerken Materials Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Brent Gerken; Michael J Gerken
Bryan,
Williams County,
OH
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304597
Defiance Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $367 outstanding across 0 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 2008
11
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,672
proposed penalties
$1,305
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $367 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
10
inspections on record
99
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: 99 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Defiance Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $367 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.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$367
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-09-02.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Q4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2013 Q3 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 215 | 2 | 0 | 9302.3 |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q3 | 358 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 60606.1 |
| 2008 Q3 | 172 | 1 | 1 | 5814.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 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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