Mining Incidents

LUCHERKS GRAVEL CO. Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Chester Lucherk
Fayette County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104125

LUCHERKS GRAVEL CO. has $101K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Jan 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
12
citations
7
significant & substantial
$101,318
proposed penalties
$4,008
paid to date
4% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $97,310 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
5
inspections on record
181
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: 181 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LUCHERKS GRAVEL CO. has $101K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 3 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.
$101K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-02-28.
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
2000 Q1 80 12 7 150000.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
January 10, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Lucherk'S Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ON 1/10/00 AT APP 1:30 PM I AND WORKER WAS SERVICING THE SCREENING PLANT WHEN FOOT FEEDER ON THE RUBBER TIRE LOADER HUNG. I THEN ATTEMPTED TO BEND OVER TO RELEASE THE FOOT FEEDER WHEN MY SHOUL DER BUMPED INTO THE BUCKET CONTROL LEVER CAUSING BUCKET TO TILT.

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