Mining Incidents

Higdon Mine Metal/Non-Metal

The Doe Run Company · Underground
Controlled by Renco Group
Fredericktown, Perry County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2302168

Higdon Mine has $930 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
2
Years on record
2000–2019
Latest incident
Mar 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$930
proposed penalties
$930
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
123
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: 123 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Higdon Mine has $930 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.
$930
proposed penalties
$930
current assessed
$930
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-05-08.
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
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 281 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 573 2 0 3490.4
2019 Q1 249 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2019 · 1 incident

March 25, 2019 MO · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper STRIKING OR BUMPING
The Doe Run Company · Struck against stationary object

Went into dog house to fill out paperwork. Finished paperwork, went to walk out of trailer and hit head on the low hanging cross beam. Happened in dog house.

2000 · 1 incident

June 23, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Doe Run Company · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE WAS COMPLETING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WHEN A CONDUCTOR TO GROUND SHORT OCCURRED IN A SEPARATE ENCLOSED JUNCTION BOX. A SMALL SCREW HAD ABRADED THE CONDUCTOR INSULATION. A GROUNDED C ONDUCTOR CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL FLASH BURN IN HISLEFT HAND AND FOREARM, 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS.

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