Palo Blanco Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $515 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
Watch this mine
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Palo Blanco Quarry.
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2016
Latest incident
Sep 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
45
citations
10
significant & substantial
$7,620
proposed penalties
$7,105
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $515 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
22
inspections on record
237
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: 237 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 Blanco Quarry has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $515 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$515
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-06-03.
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
2020 Q2
1,410
2
0
1418.4
2020 Q1
2,168
1
0
461.3
2019 Q4
1,301
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,360
3
0
2205.9
2019 Q2
1,485
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
1,500
10
4
6666.7
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
1,800
2
0
1111.1
Show 19 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2018 Q2
2,385
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,574
2
1
559.6
2017 Q4
2,753
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
2,507
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
3,016
4
0
1326.3
2017 Q1
4,530
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
3,063
3
0
979.4
2016 Q3
2,943
1
0
339.8
2016 Q2
2,097
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,211
6
1
4954.6
2015 Q4
2,075
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,323
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,125
2
0
1777.8
2015 Q1
1,211
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,301
3
1
2305.9
2014 Q3
989
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,670
3
1
1796.4
2014 Q1
972
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
1,065
3
2
2816.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2016 · 1 incident
September 29, 2016TX · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Mine operator was operating dozer when ee went over a hump 18"-24" tall causing body momentum to shift forward and hit head on the inside of the windshield in cab. Upon questioning ee told supervisor that ee felt ok and was only "shaken up" at the moment.
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
The full compliance file on Palo Blanco Quarry
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and
docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF
with the underlying data as CSV.