Mining Incidents

Loop Ranch Limestone Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

H Lima Co Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Mike Lima
bakersfield, Kern County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405655

Loop Ranch Limestone Quarry has $208 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Nov 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$208
proposed penalties
$200
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
7
inspections on record
64
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: 64 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Loop Ranch Limestone Quarry has $208 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$208
proposed penalties
$200
current assessed
$200
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-02-09.
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
2010 Q1 0 1 0
2009 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 769 1 0 1300.4
2009 Q2 462 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 816 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,070 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,487 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,762 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 78 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 462 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 396 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 562 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 676 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 722 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 97 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

November 13, 2007 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
H Lima Co Inc. · Unclassified, insufficient data

Employee cleaning a water tank with a scraper. He had eye protection on. His eyes were irritated the following day. Dr. said he believed it to be conjuntivitus. Employee was released to full duty right away and given a prescription for eyedrops. I do not know if this is work related.

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