Mining Incidents

Morton Minerals Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Morton Minerals Inc · Surface
Controlled by Elijah T Morton
Kinston, Lenoir County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102109

Morton Minerals Inc has $3K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
25
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,820
proposed penalties
$2,820
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
287
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: 287 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Morton Minerals Inc has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-11-12.
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
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 852 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 965 2 1 2072.5
2008 Q3 1,061 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,327 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,777 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,182 3 1 1374.9
2007 Q3 1,968 0 0 0.0
Show 30 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2 2,338 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,208 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,117 5 1 2361.8
2006 Q3 2,314 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,487 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,809 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,665 1 0 600.6
2005 Q3 2,076 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,666 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,795 1 0 557.1
2004 Q4 1,799 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,856 1 0 538.8
2004 Q2 2,329 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,773 1 0 564.0
2003 Q4 1,791 1 0 558.3
2003 Q3 1,492 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,728 1 0 578.7
2003 Q1 2,041 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,926 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,585 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,239 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,159 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,260 1 0 442.5
2001 Q3 2,487 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,575 2 0 776.7
2001 Q1 2,133 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,921 2 0 1041.1
2000 Q3 2,920 1 1 342.5
2000 Q2 3,824 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,528 3 2 1186.7

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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