Hilltop Site has $135K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2009–2011
Latest incident
Jan 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
67
citations
16
significant & substantial
$135,092
proposed penalties
$25,327
paid to date
19% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $109,765 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
13
inspections on record
404
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: 404 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hilltop Site has $135K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$135K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-16.
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
EE was hauling shot rock when another machine operator approched EE went to his right and hit a frozen pile of rock which was covered with snow causing the truck to shift to the left. This caused the EE to hit his head and leg.
2009 · 1 incident
April 21, 2009PA · Metal/Non-Metaldrill operatorMACHINERY
Drill operator was drilling blast holes. After breaking a drill steel, one had to be put back on. While adding the drill steel onto mast, the drill hammer was turning. When the striker bar of the hammer threaded into the drill steel it began to rotate wrapping the operators glove, sweat shirt & eventually his arm around the drill steel causing amputation of right arm above elbow.
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