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Golconda Mine Metal/Non-Metal

C & H Westgate LLC · Underground

Controlled by Pinex S A

Courtside, La Paz County, AZ  ·  Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0202795

Golconda Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $507 outstanding across 5 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

Nov 2000

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

29

citations

3

significant & substantial

$2,778

proposed penalties

$1,572

paid to date

57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,206 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

7

inspections on record

181

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: 181 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Golconda Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $507 outstanding across 5 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.

$3K

proposed penalties

$2K

current assessed

$2K

paid to date

$507

outstanding

26 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2001-08-15.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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
2002 Q3	1,830	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	2,616	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	1,950	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	4,650	2	0	430.1
2001 Q3	5,250	5	0	952.4
2001 Q2	3,000	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	3,600	18	1	5000.0
2000 Q4	14,280	0	0	0.0

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2	260	4	2	15384.6
2000 Q1	4,320	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

November 7, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss MACHINERY

C & H Westgate LLC · Struck against a moving object

SLUFF MATERIAL PUSHED MINER FORWARD WHERE HE CUT HIS LIP MINER STATED IT WAS HIS FAULT & NO ONE ELSE 2 STITCHES TO UPPER LIP & WAS BACK TO WORK BY 11/11/00. NO IMPAIRMENT THAT WE KNOW OFF

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