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Palasota Metal/Non-Metal

B.V.S Construction, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Ricky J Palasota Sr; Ricky J Palasota Jr

Hearne, Milam County, TX  ·  Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4104570

Palasota has $738K in proposed MSHA penalties and $731K 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

2017

Latest incident

Oct 2017

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2006

339

citations

122

significant & substantial

$738,259

proposed penalties

$6,893

paid to date

1% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $731,366 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2006

71

inspections on record

1,621

inspection hours

20.9

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

339 citations across 1,621 inspection hours.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Palasota has $738K in proposed MSHA penalties and $731K outstanding across 2 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$738K

proposed penalties

$738K

current assessed

$7K

paid to date

$731K

outstanding

326 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2019-09-04.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

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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	1,095	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	3,095	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	3,656	11	3	3008.8
2019 Q2	4,418	0	0	0.0
2018 Q4	2,665	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	3,999	3	0	750.2
2018 Q2	2,315	18	6	7775.4
2018 Q1	2,975	8	0	2689.1

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2017 Q4	3,376	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	592	9	2	15202.7
2017 Q2	544	2	1	3676.5
2017 Q1	1,592	26	13	16331.7
2016 Q4	1,588	0	0	0.0
2016 Q3	1,842	7	4	3800.2
2016 Q2	2,006	0	0	0.0
2016 Q1	2,087	20	11	9583.1
2015 Q4	1,992	0	0	0.0
2015 Q3	2,062	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	2,814	16	5	5685.9
2015 Q1	2,064	25	9	12112.4
2014 Q4	2,780	20	9	7194.2
2014 Q3	3,115	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	3,721	11	9	2956.2
2014 Q1	3,182	12	3	3771.2
2013 Q4	3,078	9	0	2924.0
2013 Q3	4,523	6	5	1326.6
2013 Q2	7,505	7	1	932.7
2013 Q1	4,531	23	10	5076.1
2012 Q4	3,494	0	0	0.0
2012 Q3	4,049	0	0	0.0
2012 Q2	4,297	15	5	3490.8
2012 Q1	4,530	7	2	1545.3
2011 Q4	4,020	0	0	0.0
2011 Q3	5,097	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	4,365	6	2	1374.6
2011 Q1	3,430	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	3,851	7	2	1817.7
2010 Q3	5,236	14	3	2673.8
2010 Q2	4,130	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	4,579	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	2,967	10	4	3370.4
2009 Q2	5,220	0	0	0.0
2009 Q1	4,068	0	0	0.0
2008 Q4	6,510	2	0	307.2
2008 Q3	8,423	0	0	0.0
2008 Q2	7,046	7	2	993.5
2008 Q1	4,129	4	1	968.8
2007 Q4	3,977	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	4,300	4	2	930.2
2007 Q2	3,750	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	2,200	1	0	454.5
2006 Q4	1,920	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	2,400	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	3,297	16	4	4852.9

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

October 14, 2017 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

B.V.S Construction, Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee was exiting the Komatsu, PC400LC, excavator and slipped off the track and fell to the ground and twisted their knee, causing a bump in the knee.

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