Mining Incidents

Joiner Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Loraine, Mitchell County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4105038

Joiner Pit has $26K 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
2014
Latest incident
Jun 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
47
citations
18
significant & substantial
$25,870
proposed penalties
$25,870
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
14
inspections on record
126
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: 126 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Joiner Pit has $26K 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-12-20.
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 1,886 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,540 5 0 3246.8
2017 Q3 2,680 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,335 5 1 2141.3
2017 Q1 2,088 5 1 2394.6
2016 Q4 2,748 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,584 3 1 837.1
2016 Q2 4,090 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1 4,439 5 1 1126.4
2015 Q4 4,104 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,784 5 3 1045.2
2015 Q2 3,627 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,889 4 2 1384.6
2014 Q4 2,161 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,342 5 3 2134.9
2014 Q2 3,357 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,954 10 6 3385.2
2013 Q4 2,592 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

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