Rare Red Rock has $267K in proposed MSHA penalties and $178K outstanding across 15 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2008–2012
Latest incident
Feb 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
192
citations
61
significant & substantial
$267,439
proposed penalties
$84,468
paid to date
32% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $182,971 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
72
inspections on record
1,034
inspection hours
18.6
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.
192 citations across 1,034 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rare Red Rock has $267K in proposed MSHA penalties and $178K outstanding across 15 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.
$267K
proposed penalties
$262K
current assessed
$84K
paid to date
$178K
outstanding
185 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-03-01.
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
Rare Red Rock · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
The victim was operating an excavator with a rock breaker attachment. He was scaling rock from the highwall face when the face fell onto the cab of excavator crushing him.
Employee reached down to get prybar. He was holding on the catwalk and when he stood back up his right shoulder popped and he fell in conveyer belt frame.
2009 · 1 incident
December 29, 2009AL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Rare Red Rock · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
using trackhoe bucket to lift cylinder. Operator or trackhoe lowered bucket too low and struck employee in head.
2008 · 1 incident
February 19, 2008AL · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rare Red Rock · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was helping mechanic put tracks back on dozier when he strained himself.
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