Mining Incidents

Liberty Center Metal/Non-Metal

Liberty Center, Wells County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201999

Liberty Center has $972 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
1990
Latest incident
Jul 1990
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
12
citations
4
significant & substantial
$972
proposed penalties
$972
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
3
inspections on record
35
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: 35 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 Center has $972 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.
$972
proposed penalties
$972
current assessed
$972
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-09-03.
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
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 233 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 777 1 0 1287.0
2003 Q2 601 11 4 18302.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

July 9, 1990 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator FIRE
Lynn Woods Contracting · Contact with hot objects or substances

I WAS FUELDING EINGINE IT HAD BEEN RUNNING MOTOR WAS HOT AS I STARTED IN FUEL ENGINE GAS CAUGHT ON FIRE.

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