Mining Incidents

Kokoweef Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Exploration Inc Of Nevada · Underground
Controlled by Larry Hahn
Mountain Pass, San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0402965

Kokoweef Mine has $60 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1996
Latest incident
May 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$60
proposed penalties
$60
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
1
inspections on record
36
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: 36 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kokoweef Mine has $60 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.
$60
proposed penalties
$60
current assessed
$60
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-05-06.
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
2003 Q3 252 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,400 1 0 714.3

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 18, 1996 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Exploration Inc Of Nevada · Struck against a moving object

THE OPERATOR & PASSENGER IN A 1967 FORD DUMP TRUCK [2 1/2 TON DEUCE & HALF] WERE BACKING DOWN THE ACCESS ROAD WITH A LOAD OF MATERIAL TO BE DUMPED. THE OPERATOR REALIZED HE WAS CLOSE TO THE ED GE OF THE ROAD & INSTRUCTED THE PASSENGER TO GETOUT OF THE TRUCK. THE OPERATOR THEN STARTED TO LIFT THE BED OF THE TRUCK TO DUMP SOME MATERIAL WHICH CAUSED THE TRUCK TO GO OVER THE EDGE OF TH

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