Mining Incidents

STERLING SAND PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Marc D Westhoff
Rice, Rice County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401026

STERLING SAND PIT has $704 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 2000
9
citations
1
significant & substantial
$704
proposed penalties
$704
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
72
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: 72 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

STERLING SAND PIT has $704 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.
$704
proposed penalties
$704
current assessed
$704
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-07-11.
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
2006 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 41 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 45 1 0 22222.2
2005 Q2 58 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 452 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 526 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 365 0 0 0.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2 625 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,037 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 866 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 997 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,037 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 875 2 0 2285.7
2002 Q4 906 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 470 1 0 2127.7
2002 Q2 930 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,112 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 829 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 954 3 1 3144.7
2001 Q1 671 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 914 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 979 2 0 2042.9
2000 Q2 1,020 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,023 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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