Mining Incidents

Gold Creek Placer Metal/Non-Metal

GJC LLC · Surface
Controlled by Gordon Jones
Gold Creek, Powell County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402656

Gold Creek Placer has $1K 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
2
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Aug 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
6
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,009
proposed penalties
$1,009
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
2
inspections on record
44
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: 44 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gold Creek Placer has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
0 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-09-16.
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
2013 Q3 15 6 2 400000.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

August 30, 2013 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
GJC LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee crawled into rock box at the end of screen deck failing to lock and tag out. Other employees were not aware he was in the box. Started the screen deck. A rock of unknown size shook off the screen and hit his ankle. Injury unknown at this point.

August 20, 2013 MT · Metal/Non-Metal pumper STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
GJC LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee claims that he stepped on a nail protruding from a piece of conveyer belting.

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