Mining Incidents

Sierra Cascade LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Sierra Cascade LLC · Surface
Controlled by Dana R Van Pelt
Chemult, Klamath County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3501066

Sierra Cascade LLC has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 6 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 2001
142
citations
32
significant & substantial
$36,889
proposed penalties
$20,803
paid to date
56% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,086 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
45
inspections on record
838
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: 838 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sierra Cascade LLC has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 6 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.
$37K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
138 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-09-24.
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
2012 Q2 551 1 0 1814.9
2012 Q1 425 2 0 4705.9
2011 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 428 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 360 15 7 41666.7
2011 Q1 380 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 481 1 0 2079.0
2010 Q3 575 6 2 10434.8
Show 40 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 660 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 481 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,135 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,215 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,288 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,385 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,296 13 6 5662.0
2007 Q4 1,864 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,089 17 2 5503.4
2007 Q2 3,120 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,563 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,990 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,132 19 3 8911.8
2006 Q2 1,789 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,758 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 516 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,844 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,100 15 2 13636.4
2005 Q1 269 1 0 3717.5
2004 Q4 666 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,473 1 0 678.9
2004 Q2 734 5 0 6812.0
2004 Q1 661 2 0 3025.7
2003 Q3 1,394 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 817 15 1 18359.9
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q3 2,686 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,147 2 0 1743.7
2002 Q1 163 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 949 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 916 5 1 5458.5
2001 Q2 445 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 694 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,757 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,323 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,006 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 870 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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