Empire Rock has $403 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2021
Latest incident
Mar 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$403
proposed penalties
$403
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
10
inspections on record
127
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: 127 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Empire Rock has $403 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$403
proposed penalties
$403
current assessed
$403
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-03.
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
2025 Q4
3,842
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
5,723
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
5,021
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,243
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
3,859
1
0
259.1
2024 Q3
5,234
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
5,571
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
1,695
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
3,570
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
4,955
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
3,961
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
2,525
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
3,511
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
4,910
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
3,337
1
0
299.7
2022 Q1
1,681
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
3,690
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
4,201
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
4,148
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
1,475
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
3,283
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
4,567
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
7,313
1
0
136.7
2020 Q1
1,543
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
2,696
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
4,192
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
3,977
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
946
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2021 · 1 incident
March 9, 2021MN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Conditions were dry and non-slippery. Conditions did not contribute to the incident itself. Miner was setting down a heavy rubber liner, when it bounced up, and metal edge on liner caught miner's finger. About 7 stitches, and miner was back at work.
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