Mining Incidents

J-Bird Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Alan E Chiles
Naturita, Montrose County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504885

J-Bird has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Aug 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
15
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,441
proposed penalties
$2,441
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
11
inspections on record
200
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: 200 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

J-Bird has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-08-23.
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 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,116 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 800 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 500 1 0 2000.0
2012 Q2 768 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 3,561 4 1 1123.3
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2 2,790 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,992 10 1 5020.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

August 23, 2008 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Blue Rock Energy Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee twisted his back when he lost control of his drilling machine while long holing. He went to his own doctor 8-27, reported work-related accident. Reported accident to BlueRock on 9-2-08.

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