Mining Incidents

KING PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ruth L Mahler
Franklinton, Washington County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601274

KING PIT has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $435 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
21
citations
16
significant & substantial
$3,202
proposed penalties
$2,767
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $435 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
66
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: 66 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

KING PIT has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $435 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$435
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-07-19.
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
2002 Q4 1,390 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,480 3 2 2027.0
2001 Q2 1,305 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,133 1 0 468.8
2000 Q4 2,558 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,080 7 7 3365.4
2000 Q1 2,637 10 7 3792.2

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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