Mining Incidents

Poth Pit Metal/Non-Metal

poth, Wilson County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104798

Poth Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2010
Latest incident
Aug 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
7
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,473
proposed penalties
$1,473
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
9
inspections on record
52
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: 52 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Poth Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-01-23.
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
2013 Q1 1 1 0 1000000.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 3,338 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,532 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,922 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,036 5 0 4826.3
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q4 423 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3 3,038 1 1 329.2
2010 Q2 3,496 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,605 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,532 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2010 · 1 incident

August 10, 2010 TX · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tristar Aggregates 1, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Loading a shot, uneven ground, hard rut, twisted left knee & fell down.

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