Mining Incidents

Eltopia Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Aggregates West Inc · Surface
Controlled by David Grainger
Eltopia, Franklin County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503518

Eltopia Pit has $3K 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
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
35
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,234
proposed penalties
$3,234
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
16
inspections on record
236
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: 236 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Eltopia Pit has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-02-05.
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
2008 Q1 1,443 1 0 693.0
2007 Q4 1,158 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,570 3 0 1910.8
2007 Q2 1,382 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,403 5 2 3563.8
2006 Q4 1,344 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,541 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,369 0 0 0.0
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1 1,839 5 1 2718.9
2005 Q4 1,522 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,217 5 0 2255.3
2005 Q2 1,654 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,155 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,620 1 1 617.3
2004 Q3 1,362 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,595 2 0 1253.9
2004 Q1 890 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,314 9 2 6849.3
2003 Q3 1,574 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,335 2 0 1498.1
2003 Q1 1,487 2 0 1345.0
2002 Q4 737 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 866 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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