Mining Incidents

PHELPS PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Pete Gallegos Sr
Laredo, Webb County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103751

PHELPS PIT has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12K outstanding across 6 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
77
citations
29
significant & substantial
$49,391
proposed penalties
$1,129
paid to date
2% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $48,262 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
129
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: 129 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PHELPS PIT has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $12K outstanding across 6 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.
$49K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$12K
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-07-16.
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
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q1 760 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,033 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,113 5 0 2366.3
2002 Q2 2,786 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,614 1 0 382.6
2001 Q4 3,068 15 6 4889.2
2001 Q3 2,567 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 3,296 47 21 14259.7
2001 Q1 1,556 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,838 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,142 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,194 9 2 4102.1
2000 Q1 2,517 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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