Mining Incidents

PONTOTOC #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gary A Shepherd
Pontotoc, San Saba County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103970

PONTOTOC #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Oct 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
18
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,547
proposed penalties
$445
paid to date
29% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,102 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
127
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: 127 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PONTOTOC #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$445
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-05-11.
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
2005 Q1 1,435 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,663 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,907 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,804 5 1 1314.4
2004 Q1 4,602 2 0 434.6
2003 Q4 3,424 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,222 1 0 310.4
2003 Q2 3,326 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1 2,788 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,131 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,837 1 0 352.5
2002 Q2 2,655 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,781 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,490 3 0 668.2
2001 Q3 4,508 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,006 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,785 3 0 792.6
2000 Q4 3,530 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,680 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,813 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,447 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

October 6, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Southwest Earth Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING TO INSTALL INDUCTION FURNACE. THE OVERHEAD CRANE WAS HOISTING DOWN A PIECE OF MACHINERY INTO PLACE WHEN THE PIECE FLEXED, PINCHING EE'S FINGER (STITCHES REQUIRED).

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