Mining Incidents

Rock Connection Metal/Non-Metal

Rock Connection · Surface
Controlled by Michael D Baker
Sheridan, Grant County, AR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0301984

Rock Connection has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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 2009
24
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,164
proposed penalties
$100
paid to date
2% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,064 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
7
inspections on record
114
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: 114 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rock Connection has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$100
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-04-07.
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
2010 Q2 529 12 5 22684.3
2010 Q1 1,009 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,100 8 5 7272.7
2009 Q3 1,909 3 0 1571.5
2009 Q2 2,586 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,000 1 0 1000.0

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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