Mining Incidents

Liberty Metal/Non-Metal

The Mining Company, Inc. · Underground
Ouray, Ouray County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504893

Liberty has $500 in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 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 2009
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$500
proposed penalties
$400
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
11
inspections on record
120
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: 120 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Liberty has $500 in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 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.
$500
proposed penalties
$500
current assessed
$400
paid to date
$100
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-06-26.
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
2013 Q3 510 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 600 1 0 1666.7
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 420 1 0 2381.0
2012 Q3 1,020 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,600 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 570 1 0 1754.4
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 480 2 0 4166.7
2009 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 480 0 0 0.0

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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