Mining Incidents

Sidehill Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Pahrump, Inyo County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0400581

Sidehill Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1986–2009
Latest incident
Aug 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
21
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,367
proposed penalties
$2,367
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
18
inspections on record
307
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: 307 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sidehill Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-07-28.
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
2015 Q3 1,690 1 0 591.7
2015 Q2 2,688 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,672 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,256 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,240 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,368 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,786 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,625 0 0 0.0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4 1,998 4 2 2002.0
2009 Q3 1,864 2 1 1073.0
2009 Q2 2,146 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,292 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 1,190 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,944 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,496 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,399 6 0 2501.0
2002 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 758 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,868 1 0 535.3
2001 Q4 1,548 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,134 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,732 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,228 7 0 5700.3
2000 Q4 1,675 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 64 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2009 · 1 incident

August 24, 2009 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vanderbilt Minerals LLC · Struck by falling object

EE was measuring timber and the top timber fell on his ankle.

1991 · 2 incidents

April 26, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Vanderbilt Minerals Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING MINE TIMBER- GOT WOODEN FIBER IN RIGHT EYE. GOT IT REMOVED AFTER SHIFT.

1986 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on Sidehill Mine

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.