Mining Incidents

RITCHIE STONE INC. Metal/Non-Metal

Ritchie Stone Inc · Surface
Controlled by David C DeBarr
Ritchie County, WV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4608722

RITCHIE STONE INC. has $333 in proposed MSHA penalties and $165 outstanding across 0 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 2000
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$333
proposed penalties
$168
paid to date
50% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $165 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
56
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: 56 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

RITCHIE STONE INC. has $333 in proposed MSHA penalties and $165 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.
$333
proposed penalties
$333
current assessed
$168
paid to date
$165
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-08-22.
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
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,275 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,981 3 0 1006.4
2001 Q2 3,528 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,013 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,071 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,024 2 1 661.4
2000 Q2 2,323 0 0 0.0
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 2,324 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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