Mining Incidents

Golden Bear Metal/Non-Metal

Golden Bear Mining · Surface
Controlled by Michael James Wood
Grants Pass, Josephine County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503780

Golden Bear has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 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 2012
15
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,698
proposed penalties
$612
paid to date
36% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,086 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
7
inspections on record
110
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: 110 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Golden Bear has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$612
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-03-14.
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
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 90 3 0 33333.3
2016 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 200 3 0 15000.0
2015 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 204 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 60 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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