Pea Ridge Resources has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $513 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2007–2010
Latest incident
Dec 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
87
citations
32
significant & substantial
$41,180
proposed penalties
$27,527
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,653 gap.
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: 411 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pea Ridge Resources has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $513 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.
$41K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$513
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $14K in penalties contested before the Commission, $851 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-04-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
94%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$14K proposed, $851 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2008-11-10.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2013-01-09, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Arsenic dust2
Beryllium dust2
Cadmium dust & salts2
Show the individual readings (28)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2013-01-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2013-01-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2013-01-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2012-09-06
Cadmium dust & salts
0
200
0.00
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2012-09-06
Chromium, soluble
0
500
0.00
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2012-09-06
Cobalt dust
0.06
100
0.00
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2012-09-06
Copper dust and mist
0
1
0.00
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2012-09-06
Lead, inorganic dust
0.26
150
0.00
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2012-09-06
Manganese dust
0
5
0.00
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2012-09-06
Molybdenum dust
0
10
0.00
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2012-09-06
Nickel dust & salts
0
1
0.00
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2012-09-06
Vanadium dust
0.07
500
0.00
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2012-09-06
Beryllium dust
0
2
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-06
Cadmium dust & salts
0
200
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-06
Chromium, soluble
0
500
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-06
Cobalt dust
0.07
100
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-06
Copper dust and mist
0
1
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-06
Lead, inorganic dust
0
150
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-06
Manganese dust
0
5
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-06
Molybdenum dust
0
10
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-06
Nickel dust & salts
0
1
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-06
Vanadium dust
0.12
500
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-06
Arsenic dust
0
500
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-06
Arsenic dust
0
500
0.00
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2012-09-06
Beryllium dust
0
2
0.00
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2011-08-23
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2011-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Pea Ridge Resources recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.
Injury rate, 2014
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Missouri, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.80 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2014 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
9.33
9.33
0.000
2008 *
16.11
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2016
1
2015
3
2014
11
2013
9
2012
11
2011
5
2010
1
2009
15
2008
20
2007
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pea Ridge Resources sits in Washington County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 1.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Washington County, Missouri · Population 23,483
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$51,886
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2016 Q2
240
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
240
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
240
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
240
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,357
1
0
424.3
2015 Q1
2,820
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
5,061
3
0
592.8
2014 Q3
4,650
2
2
430.1
Show 30 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2014 Q2
5,598
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
5,311
4
3
753.2
2013 Q4
645
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
5,824
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
5,590
5
3
894.5
2013 Q1
6,368
3
1
471.1
2012 Q4
6,534
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
6,368
3
1
471.1
2012 Q2
5,724
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
4,821
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,636
2
0
550.1
2011 Q3
3,590
4
0
1114.2
2011 Q2
2,446
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
360
2
0
5555.6
2010 Q4
360
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
360
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
360
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
360
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,240
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,360
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
7,060
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
9,771
10
2
1023.4
2008 Q4
11,520
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
11,450
11
6
960.7
2008 Q2
7,920
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
6,350
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
3,630
10
5
2754.8
2007 Q3
5,915
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
3,780
9
4
2381.0
2007 Q1
2,600
8
2
3076.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2010 · 2 incidents
December 6, 2010MO · Metal/Non-Metalassayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer managementSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Operator was using a loader to clear a waste pile at our plant pond and loader tire sunk into softer ground and loader rolled over on side. Minor damage was caused individual was taken to company physican against his request and checked out.
September 26, 2008MO · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON