Mining Incidents

Scales Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gidon Yonyoff
Lithonia, De Kalb County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901011

Scales Pit has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $20K 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
1994
Latest incident
Jul 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
44
citations
10
significant & substantial
$20,706
proposed penalties
$211
paid to date
1% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20,495 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
13
inspections on record
252
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: 252 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Scales Pit has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $20K 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$211
paid to date
$20K
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-15.
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
2005 Q3 111 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 128 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 224 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 902 1 0 1108.6
2004 Q2 91 33 5 362637.4
2004 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 43 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 194 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 158 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 192 4 2 20833.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

July 21, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blackfoot Stone Co Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING TOO MUCH WEIGHT.

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