Mining Incidents

PALO ALTO PLANT #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Poteet, Atascosa County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103267

PALO ALTO PLANT #2 has $840 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
10
citations
3
significant & substantial
$840
proposed penalties
$840
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
13
inspections on record
93
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: 93 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PALO ALTO PLANT #2 has $840 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.
$840
proposed penalties
$840
current assessed
$840
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-05-11.
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
2004 Q2 1,759 1 0 568.5
2004 Q1 1,652 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,672 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,662 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,237 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,595 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,630 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2 1,799 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,757 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,628 1 0 614.3
2001 Q3 1,736 3 0 1728.1
2001 Q2 1,784 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,749 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,043 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,490 1 0 401.6
2000 Q2 2,572 4 3 1555.2
2000 Q1 2,443 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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