Mining Incidents

Noel Pit #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Andrew F Noel
Randle, Lewis County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503366

Noel Pit #1 has $76K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 6 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
87
citations
17
significant & substantial
$75,528
proposed penalties
$9,736
paid to date
13% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $65,792 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
428
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: 428 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Noel Pit #1 has $76K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 6 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.
$76K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-08-30.
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
2011 Q3 0 1 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
Show 39 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 100 2 0 20000.0
2009 Q1 55 17 10 309090.9
2008 Q4 337 8 2 23738.9
2008 Q3 524 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 720 5 0 6944.4
2008 Q1 531 3 0 5649.7
2007 Q4 858 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 550 28 4 50909.1
2007 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 550 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 876 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 986 1 1 1014.2
2006 Q2 1,024 1 0 976.6
2006 Q1 920 1 0 1087.0
2005 Q4 816 1 0 1225.5
2005 Q3 880 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 845 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 815 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 860 2 0 2325.6
2004 Q3 830 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,338 2 0 1494.8
2004 Q1 1,460 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 939 2 0 2129.9
2003 Q3 1,017 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 859 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,278 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 984 1 0 1016.3
2002 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,364 4 0 2932.6
2002 Q1 669 2 0 2989.5
2001 Q4 699 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 955 1 0 1047.1
2001 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 573 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 480 5 0 10416.7
2000 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 560 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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