YWE WERE BUILDING A BLENDING PLANT SITE SETTING A 3/X3/X6" SLAP OF CONCRETE WITH A CHAIN AND HYDRO EXCUATOR. WHEN SLAB WAS IN PLACE EE UNHOOKED CHAIN BUT COULD NOT REACH IT TO REMOV EXCARATOR OPERATOR RAISED, BOOM PULLING CHAIN HOOK CAUGHT CORNER OF CONCRETE CAUSING IT TO TOPLE.
KIRK MATERIALS Metal/Non-Metal
Kirk Materials
· Surface
Controlled by
Gavin Kirk; Larry Kirk
Waterloo,
De Kalb County,
IN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202071
KIRK MATERIALS has $1K 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
- 1997
- Latest incident
- May 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
14
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,217
proposed penalties
$1,217
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
8
inspections on record
82
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: 82 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
KIRK MATERIALS has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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.$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-10-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 800 | 6 | 1 | 7500.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 1,305 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 928 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 258 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 622 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Q3 | 1,002 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 1,023 | 8 | 1 | 7820.1 |
| 2000 Q4 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 2,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file1997 · 1 incident
Kirk Materials · Struck by falling object
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