Mining Incidents

Higgins Stone Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Higgins Stone Inc · Surface
Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401650

Higgins Stone Inc has $56K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 5 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 2005
104
citations
18
significant & substantial
$55,671
proposed penalties
$42,326
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,345 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
44
inspections on record
344
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: 344 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Higgins Stone Inc has $56K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 5 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.
$56K
proposed penalties
$52K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
102 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-11-29.
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 Q2 16,821 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 15,056 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 17,119 6 2 350.5
2012 Q3 14,434 1 1 69.3
2012 Q2 14,030 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 12,150 2 1 164.6
2011 Q4 13,461 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 13,922 0 0 0.0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 12,228 5 3 408.9
2011 Q1 10,409 4 0 384.3
2010 Q4 10,270 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 10,276 15 3 1459.7
2010 Q2 12,392 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 11,454 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 16,349 3 0 183.5
2009 Q3 16,374 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 10,218 2 0 195.7
2009 Q1 6,724 6 0 892.3
2008 Q4 7,939 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 9,223 1 0 108.4
2008 Q2 10,076 16 2 1587.9
2007 Q4 6,894 7 1 1015.4
2007 Q3 7,771 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,114 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,381 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,605 6 2 908.4
2006 Q3 5,228 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,240 25 2 4006.4
2006 Q1 5,385 1 0 185.7
2005 Q4 6,906 4 1 579.2

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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