Mining Incidents

Irish Hill Portable Plant No. 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Ione, Amador County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405660

Irish Hill Portable Plant No. 1 has $5K 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
2
Years on record
2007–2014
Latest incident
Sep 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
44
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,716
proposed penalties
$4,573
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $143 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
24
inspections on record
268
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: 268 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Irish Hill Portable Plant No. 1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-10-19.
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
2018 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 309 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 548 1 0 1824.8
2016 Q3 719 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 789 1 0 1267.4
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1 1,338 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,842 5 1 1301.4
2015 Q3 5,169 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,068 4 0 789.3
2015 Q1 4,365 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,276 2 0 318.7
2014 Q3 6,185 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,393 5 2 927.1
2014 Q1 3,011 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,432 2 0 822.4
2013 Q3 2,262 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,917 1 0 342.8
2013 Q1 1,572 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,054 2 0 973.7
2012 Q3 2,857 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,752 1 1 363.4
2012 Q1 2,071 1 0 482.9
2011 Q4 1,896 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,114 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,412 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,597 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,494 4 1 2677.4
2010 Q3 2,147 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,115 3 0 963.1
2010 Q1 1,885 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 93 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 147 3 0 20408.2
2007 Q4 474 2 0 4219.4
2007 Q3 3,462 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,419 3 1 678.9
2007 Q1 4,449 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,603 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,935 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,927 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,134 4 2 3527.3
2005 Q4 2,021 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2014 · 1 incident

September 22, 2014 CA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Newman Minerals, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

While switching pumps at pond #4 with 2 others. Bobcat holding hose, forklift holding pump, employee was on the muddy ground at pond edge while lifting the hose. His foot slipped on the wet ground.

2007 · 1 incident

January 27, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DeSilva Gates Construction · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee lost balance while stepping up onto work platform at rear of service truck. Foot became stuck between step and handle for slideout extension. Foot held in place during fall. Leg twisted. Result was a sprained knee.

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The full compliance file on Irish Hill Portable Plant No. 1

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.