Mining Incidents

L S Ranches Inc Metal/Non-Metal

L S Ranches Inc · Surface
Controlled by Larry P Smith
Glen Rose, Somervell County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104299

L S Ranches Inc has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $402 outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Nov 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
83
citations
32
significant & substantial
$25,037
proposed penalties
$17,287
paid to date
69% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,750 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
23
inspections on record
382
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: 382 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

L S Ranches Inc has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $402 outstanding across 9 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$402
outstanding
80 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-04-04.
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
2007 Q4 5,437 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,680 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,160 12 10 2325.6
2007 Q1 5,450 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,441 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,508 1 0 153.7
2006 Q2 6,864 25 7 3642.2
2006 Q1 8,976 0 0 0.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 7,200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,320 3 1 2272.7
2005 Q1 6,460 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,600 2 0 769.2
2004 Q3 7,680 7 1 911.5
2004 Q2 6,527 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,504 4 1 726.7
2003 Q4 5,772 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,776 5 2 1046.9
2003 Q2 6,016 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,048 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,920 11 2 2806.1
2002 Q3 6,912 13 8 1880.8
2002 Q2 10,760 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,840 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,230 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

November 27, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L S Ranches Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MASHED TIP OF INDEX FINGER BETWEEN 2 ROCKS WHILELOADING ROCKS INTO TRACTOR BUCKET. THE FINGERTIPWAS SPLIT AND REQUIRED 6 STITCHES. MISSED 2 HOURS OF WORK WITH FULL PAY. RESUMED WORK THE NEXT WORKING DAY, UNDER CONTROLLED ACTIVITY.

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