A driver from the trucking Div. of Branscome Inc. was coming into the mine site on the main haul road to dump off millings. Driver was reaching for a bottle of water, they failed to maintain control of the truck and drove off into the ditch on the right side, causing the truck to lay over on its side. The weather was sunny and dry .
Hofmeyer Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Hofmeyer Pit has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 16
- Years on record
- 1994–2020
- Latest incident
- Sep 2020
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Hofmeyer Pit has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 8,361 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 7,658 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 7,629 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4,787 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 5,181 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 4,697 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 5,096 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 5,146 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 4,098 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 3,759 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 4,757 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 4,279 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 5,131 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 5,161 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 5,808 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 4,932 | 1 | 0 | 202.8 |
| 2021 Q4 | 6,535 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 5,255 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 6,005 | 1 | 0 | 166.5 |
| 2021 Q1 | 5,581 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 5,737 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 5,460 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 5,755 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 6,104 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 6,872 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 6,340 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 7,117 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 5,451 | 2 | 1 | 366.9 |
| 2018 Q4 | 7,326 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 7,489 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 7,605 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 8,600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 6,250 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 5,785 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 6,491 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 6,554 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 5,700 | 1 | 0 | 175.4 |
| 2016 Q3 | 7,498 | 1 | 0 | 133.4 |
| 2016 Q2 | 6,620 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 7,182 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 6,421 | 1 | 1 | 155.7 |
| 2015 Q3 | 7,731 | 2 | 0 | 258.7 |
| 2015 Q2 | 8,008 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 6,574 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 12,297 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 7,925 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 7,501 | 3 | 0 | 399.9 |
| 2014 Q1 | 4,522 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 6,921 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 8,500 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 7,343 | 2 | 0 | 272.4 |
| 2013 Q1 | 6,029 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 5,770 | 1 | 0 | 173.3 |
| 2012 Q3 | 6,460 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 6,961 | 1 | 0 | 143.7 |
| 2012 Q1 | 4,698 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 7,512 | 2 | 0 | 266.2 |
| 2011 Q3 | 9,475 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 11,890 | 3 | 0 | 252.3 |
| 2011 Q1 | 7,889 | 3 | 0 | 380.3 |
| 2010 Q4 | 11,174 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 9,857 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 9,857 | 2 | 0 | 202.9 |
| 2010 Q1 | 8,629 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 8,851 | 2 | 1 | 226.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 10,468 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 8,536 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 7,912 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 10,406 | 1 | 0 | 96.1 |
| 2008 Q3 | 11,728 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 13,434 | 1 | 0 | 74.4 |
| 2008 Q1 | 10,058 | 1 | 0 | 99.4 |
| 2007 Q4 | 12,386 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 13,398 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 13,654 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 15,586 | 1 | 0 | 64.2 |
| 2006 Q4 | 11,987 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 11,869 | 9 | 4 | 758.3 |
| 2006 Q2 | 15,231 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 9,624 | 2 | 0 | 207.8 |
| 2005 Q4 | 11,554 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 10,424 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 13,629 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 9,378 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 10,268 | 5 | 0 | 486.9 |
| 2004 Q3 | 8,623 | 1 | 0 | 116.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 8,875 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 7,959 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 8,644 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 7,981 | 2 | 0 | 250.6 |
| 2003 Q2 | 7,915 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 6,679 | 3 | 1 | 449.2 |
| 2002 Q4 | 6,745 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 6,800 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 8,145 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 5,927 | 1 | 0 | 168.7 |
| 2001 Q4 | 6,797 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 6,425 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 8,046 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 6,471 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 7,889 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 6,856 | 1 | 1 | 145.9 |
| 2000 Q2 | 7,268 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 6,165 | 1 | 0 | 162.2 |
Reportable incidents
16 on file2020 · 2 incidents
Employee was performing clean up duty at 18 plant using a shovel. It was sand, rock, clay material it was wet. EE put the shovel in the ground and prying back on it to loosen it was when EE felt the pain in EE's left shoulder.
2015 · 2 incidents
The off road truck driver was exiting the truck. When he stepped down on the ground he put his foot down on the wheel chock. This caused him to lose his balance and go down on his right knee. This resulted in a sprained right knee.
The employee was helping R&I screens in the sand shaker. It was then that the sand debris was dislodged and became airborne. The sand debris got lodged in the left eye. The employee then rubbed the left which caused a corneal abrasion. He was wearing eye protection.
2014 · 2 incidents
There was two haul trucks parked @ the wash rack. The employee then proceeded to wash the bed of his haul truck out. That is when the dirt from the other truck come loose slide down and struck him in the back of his legs ,half way to his calfs. This put him on his knees. Resulting in a left lower back sprain, right ankle pain.
At the time of the injury he was operating the excavator. He did have one window open at the time of injury. At that time he had trouble seeing from the right eye. It was hard for him to see from his right eye that afternoon but as the the day went on it got better. They did not bandage the eye.
2012 · 1 incident
The worker was reinstalling a guard on the rock screw. As the loader let the guard down. The guard came in contact with the frame of the rock screw. Causing the chain to release resulting with the guard coming down on the right foot just above the steel toe of the boot. The resulting injury is a broken little toe on the right foot.
2011 · 1 incident
Employee was connecting a chain from the stacking conveyor to the front end loader to reposition stacking conveyor. Loader began backing, chain tightened, and employee did not release chain. Employee strained right shoulder.
2010 · 1 incident
Standing on low wall turned and foot slipped causing him to fall, scrapping calf on edge of wall. Employee was fine but then decided to see M.D. on Feb. 11, 2010. M.D. returned him to modified work on same day.
2009 · 1 incident
Working in the shop on a piece of equipment while on his knees, when he turned his body and felt pain in his right knee.
2006 · 1 incident
Dump truck driver hauling clay. Had to dump some off, had his hands under tailgate when clods fell out causing fingers to be pinched when tail gate shut.
2004 · 1 incident
DRIVER, CLIMBING DOWN STEPS OF HAUL TRUCK, LOST FOOTING AND HIT ELBOW ON THE HANDRAIL.
1997 · 1 incident
EE'S KNEE GAVE OUT WHILE WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS.
1995 · 1 incident
EE BRUISED HIS SHOULDER, WHEN A ICON BAR SLIPPED AT HIT HIM ON THE SHOULDER.
1994 · 2 incidents
EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING SIFTING SCREENS.
EE JUMPED OUT OF WASHER ONTO THE CONVEYOR BELT, SLIPPED & LANDED ON HIS SIDE.
The full compliance file on Hofmeyer Pit
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.