Desert Rock Van Horn River Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Desert Rock Co.
· Surface
Controlled by
Eric Sanchez; Gilbert Lara Sanchez
Van Horn,
Hudspeth County,
TX
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104370
Desert Rock Van Horn River Pit has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2003
36
citations
9
significant & substantial
$18,766
proposed penalties
$4,314
paid to date
23% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,452 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
25
inspections on record
232
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: 232 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Desert Rock Van Horn River Pit has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.$19K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-02-03.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Q3 | 821 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 961 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 60606.1 |
| 2015 Q4 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 216 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Q3 | 361 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 946 | 2 | 1 | 2114.2 |
| 2013 Q4 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 116 | 2 | 1 | 17241.4 |
| 2013 Q2 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 20000.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 306 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 602 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 583 | 1 | 1 | 1715.3 |
| 2010 Q4 | 602 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 638 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 597 | 8 | 5 | 13400.3 |
| 2010 Q1 | 668 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 833 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 834 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 624 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 541 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 817 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 851 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 584 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 575 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 834 | 1 | 0 | 1199.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 826 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 760 | 14 | 0 | 18421.1 |
| 2003 Q4 | 580 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 750 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 802 | 1 | 0 | 1246.9 |
| 2003 Q1 | 754 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 707 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 742 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 826 | 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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