Mining Incidents

Strawtown Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Allyn Beaver
Strawtown, Hamilton County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202393

Strawtown Pit has $3K 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
2013–2015
Latest incident
Jun 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
21
citations
8
significant & substantial
$2,561
proposed penalties
$2,561
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
20
inspections on record
164
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: 164 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Strawtown Pit has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-11-09.
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
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 1,121 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 927 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 686 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,400 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,405 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,819 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,067 0 0 0.0
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1 962 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,138 1 0 878.7
2015 Q3 901 2 2 2219.8
2015 Q2 1,250 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 914 4 2 4376.4
2014 Q4 1,257 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,220 2 0 1639.3
2014 Q2 1,206 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 977 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,225 2 1 1632.7
2013 Q3 1,866 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 603 2 1 3316.7
2013 Q1 581 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 756 1 0 1322.8
2012 Q3 757 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 859 1 1 1164.1
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 986 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 763 5 1 6553.1
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,731 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,401 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 665 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 572 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,159 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 700 1 0 1428.6
2009 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 630 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 658 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2015 · 1 incident

2014 · 1 incident

August 14, 2014 IN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (non-shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beaver Gravel Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee's were engaged in installing a pin in an excavator arm. They inserted the pin partially in the hole but it wouldn't go in all the way. The pin popped out and the excavator arm fell on one of the employee's hand pinching it between the two sticks. Employee's thumb tip to the nail, the index and middle finger were severed.

2013 · 2 incidents

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