Mining Incidents

RC#4 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Chuck Williams
Big Lake, Reagan County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4105076

RC#4 has $12K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
16
citations
9
significant & substantial
$11,775
proposed penalties
$4,836
paid to date
41% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,939 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
4
inspections on record
58
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: 58 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

RC#4 has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-05-06.
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
2020 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,120 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,156 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,575 2 1 1269.8
2016 Q1 445 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,484 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 998 13 8 13026.1
2015 Q2 1,328 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 1,134 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,928 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,361 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,464 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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