Mining Incidents

Portable Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Empire Rock Inc · Surface
Controlled by Stan Houck
Barstow, San Bernardino County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405539

Portable Plant #1 has $5K 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
2003
Latest incident
Nov 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
63
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,807
proposed penalties
$4,807
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
20
inspections on record
267
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: 267 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 #1 has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-07-22.
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 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 2,494 6 1 2405.8
2009 Q2 1,555 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,104 4 0 1901.1
2007 Q4 7,174 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,516 4 0 532.2
2007 Q2 8,448 2 0 236.7
2007 Q1 6,522 0 0 0.0
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4 6,399 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 8,420 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,555 11 0 1151.2
2006 Q1 9,729 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 10,115 11 1 1087.5
2005 Q3 10,276 5 1 486.6
2005 Q2 9,192 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,465 8 0 1237.4
2004 Q4 5,986 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,382 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,754 7 0 1036.4
2004 Q1 5,756 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,704 5 0 1062.9
2003 Q3 4,253 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,414 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

November 20, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Empire Rock Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT CONVEYOR BELT, KNIFE CUT HIS LEFT FINGER.

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