Mining Incidents

OLANCHA MILL Metal/Non-Metal

Big Pine Distributors · Facility
Controlled by Jesse Hutchings
Olancha, Inyo County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0402620

OLANCHA MILL has $270 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
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Jan 1984
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$270
proposed penalties
$270
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
21
inspections on record
296
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: 296 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

OLANCHA MILL has $270 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.
$270
proposed penalties
$270
current assessed
$270
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-01-06.
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 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 350 1 0 2857.1
2010 Q4 295 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 333 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 324 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 424 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 512 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 529 0 0 0.0
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2 521 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 522 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 602 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 521 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 636 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 607 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 627 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 621 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 613 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 723 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 478 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 640 1 0 1562.5
2006 Q1 605 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 675 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 646 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 689 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 592 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 628 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 694 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 662 1 0 1510.6
2004 Q1 649 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 642 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 691 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 696 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 707 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 643 1 0 1555.2
2002 Q3 1,024 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 703 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 587 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 662 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 825 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 915 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 975 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 913 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 982 1 0 1018.3
2000 Q2 1,026 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 972 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

January 17, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Big Pine Distributors · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMP WAS WORKING TO UNPLUG DUST FROM BAGGING MACHINE AND MOVED TO SIDE OF THE BAGGER HE STUCK HIS FINGERS UNDER THE GUARD TO MOVE THE V BELT TO SEE IF IT HAD FREE PLAY ANOTHER EMP THOUGHT HE WAS CLEAR OF THE BAGGER AND PUSHED THE START BUTTON ON ELECTRIC PANEL IN DOING SO THE BELT PULLED SUBJECTS FINGERS INTO THE PULLEY

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