Mining Incidents

Hard Rock 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Hard Rock Crushing · Surface
Controlled by James R Howell Jr
Amarillo, Sherman County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104047

Hard Rock 1 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
Mar 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
33
citations
13
significant & substantial
$10,814
proposed penalties
$5,936
paid to date
55% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,878 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
7
inspections on record
190
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: 190 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hard Rock 1 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-04-18.
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 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2 0 7 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,224 1 0 817.0
2004 Q3 4,259 5 1 1174.0
2000 Q1 10 20 12 2000000.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

March 15, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hard Rock Crushing · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS HELPING UNLOAD PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, WHEN RELEASING CHAIN BOOMER WITH CHEATER PIPE WHEN PIPE STRUCK HIM IN THE JAW.

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