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: 89 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2015-08-12.
On record since 2015.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Kodiak 400 #1391 has $22K 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-07-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 35% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 50%
Stood as issued
2 · 33%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 17%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $8K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2018-10-03.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2009-03-25, 17 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
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Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-03-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.93
Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2018
3
2017
7
2016
11
2015
8
2014
2
2013
1
2012
4
2009
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Kodiak 400 #1391 sits in Churchill County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 1.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Churchill County, Nevada · Population 25,614
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$73,268
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 Q2
0
0
0
2018 Q1
2,467
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,742
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,750
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,405
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
343
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
2,275
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
4,150
10
4
2409.6
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2
4,704
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
3,161
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
2,268
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,615
5
1
3096.0
2015 Q2
80
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
65
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
302
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q1
56
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,283
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
393
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
352
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,106
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
199
2
1
10050.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2016 · 1 incident
August 18, 2016NV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mechanic was stepping down from the bucket of a Skid Steer and was tripped up by an attachment bracket located in the center of the bucket. Employee fell onto right elbow and forearm causing a contusion and slight abrasion.