Mining Incidents

Portable Plant Metal/Non-Metal

JC Rock · Surface
Controlled by William S Hofhine
Benson, Cochise County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202949

Portable Plant has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
May 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
84
citations
38
significant & substantial
$17,367
proposed penalties
$15,766
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,601 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
20
inspections on record
323
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: 323 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 Plant has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
80 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-10-23.
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
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,205 1 0 829.9
2008 Q3 788 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,070 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,343 4 1 1707.2
2007 Q4 2,557 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,360 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,394 5 1 2088.6
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1 2,241 1 0 446.2
2006 Q4 2,110 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,354 2 0 849.6
2006 Q2 2,083 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,480 20 7 13513.5
2005 Q4 1,710 1 0 584.8
2005 Q3 2,700 7 4 2592.6
2005 Q2 2,614 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,264 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,996 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,237 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,823 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,909 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,281 1 0 304.8
2003 Q3 3,488 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,162 25 17 7906.4
2003 Q1 2,621 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,340 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,414 6 3 2485.5
2002 Q2 2,255 11 5 4878.0
2002 Q1 1,890 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

May 12, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J.C. Rock, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was moving a barrel of oil to fill a loader during an oil change & reported straining his back while moving the barrel.

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