Mining Incidents

Palmers Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Palmer Farms Inc · Surface
Controlled by Michael R Palmer
Sandusky, Sanilac County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2003342

Palmers Pit has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10 outstanding across 1 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 2007
38
citations
8
significant & substantial
$10,329
proposed penalties
$7,091
paid to date
69% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,238 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
18
inspections on record
171
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: 171 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Palmers Pit has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10 outstanding across 1 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$10
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-08-13.
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 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 240 3 1 12500.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 400 9 1 22500.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 80 2 1 25000.0
2011 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 170 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 320 10 2 31250.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 185 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 200 10 2 50000.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 125 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 100 4 1 40000.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 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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