Mining Incidents

Mule Shoe Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Buffalo Gypsum Inc · Facility
Controlled by Charles E Hinkle
King City, San Benito County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405250

Mule Shoe Mine has $7K 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 2004
53
citations
10
significant & substantial
$6,815
proposed penalties
$6,815
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
45
inspections on record
454
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: 454 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mule Shoe Mine has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-05-24.
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
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 772 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 792 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 728 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,566 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,465 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,198 2 0 909.9
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q1 1,664 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,077 2 1 962.9
2017 Q3 2,603 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,600 2 1 769.2
2017 Q1 1,062 3 0 2824.9
2016 Q4 2,770 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,425 1 0 292.0
2016 Q2 2,807 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,200 4 0 1818.2
2015 Q4 2,440 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,970 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,330 6 3 2575.1
2015 Q1 2,185 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,222 1 0 450.0
2014 Q3 2,050 2 0 975.6
2014 Q2 2,046 1 0 488.8
2014 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,110 5 1 2369.7
2013 Q3 1,600 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,855 1 0 539.1
2013 Q1 1,993 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,087 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,370 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,420 2 0 826.4
2012 Q1 2,070 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,844 1 0 351.6
2011 Q3 2,948 3 2 1017.6
2011 Q2 3,298 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,140 1 1 467.3
2010 Q4 2,762 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,940 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,510 1 0 398.4
2010 Q1 1,730 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,000 2 0 1000.0
2009 Q3 2,165 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,010 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,807 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,955 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,070 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,980 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,020 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,925 2 0 1039.0
2007 Q2 1,747 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,848 2 0 1082.3
2006 Q4 2,325 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,754 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,160 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,440 2 0 1388.9
2005 Q4 2,270 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,956 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,690 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 880 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,327 3 1 1289.2
2004 Q3 2,375 1 0 421.1
2004 Q2 1,985 3 0 1511.3
2004 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,650 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,170 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,980 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,715 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,712 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,992 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,370 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,710 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,693 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,320 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,090 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,560 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,772 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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