Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Timothy Barnard
LONE PINE, CA., Inyo County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405777

Portable Crusher #1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Nov 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
16
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,691
proposed penalties
$4,051
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $640 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
3
inspections on record
49
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: 49 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher #1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-06-02.
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
2010 Q2 0 1 0
2010 Q1 2,111 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 10,824 10 3 923.9
2009 Q3 7,371 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,926 5 3 1015.0
2009 Q1 69 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

November 13, 2009 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Barnard Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The miner/ee alleges that he pulled a 16" rock out from under the stacker and placed it on the conveyor and felt a pain in his left shoulder.

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