Mining Incidents

Oatman Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mark A Lundell
Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1301118

Oatman Pit has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
May 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
60
citations
16
significant & substantial
$11,370
proposed penalties
$8,934
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,436 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
268
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: 268 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Oatman Pit has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-09-09.
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
2015 Q4 38 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 70 4 1 57142.9
2015 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 42 1 0 23809.5
2014 Q2 28 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4 9 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 66 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 178 3 0 16853.9
2012 Q3 362 2 1 5524.9
2012 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4 1 0 250000.0
2011 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 250 5 2 20000.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 271 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 112 13 6 116071.4
2010 Q2 61 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 200 3 2 15000.0
2009 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 433 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 195 1 0 5128.2
2008 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 139 1 0 7194.2
2007 Q2 312 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 233 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 225 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 208 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 85 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 157 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 360 5 1 13888.9
2005 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 35 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 78 5 0 64102.6
2004 Q2 54 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 259 2 1 7722.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 319 11 2 34482.8
2001 Q3 275 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 29 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 65 3 0 46153.8
2000 Q3 137 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 889 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident

May 14, 1999 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wetherell Excavating & Trucking Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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