Mining Incidents

South Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Tony Cruse
ALTURAS, CA, Modoc County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405431

South Pit has $1K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
16
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,036
proposed penalties
$1,036
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
6
inspections on record
95
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: 95 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

South Pit has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-05-18.
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
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 771 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,493 0 0 0.0
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2 954 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,209 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 658 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,243 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,817 5 0 1309.9
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,047 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,758 4 1 2275.3
2003 Q2 1,130 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,539 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,429 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,463 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,915 1 0 343.1
2001 Q3 4,515 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,802 6 3 2141.3
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 2,282 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,772 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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