Mining Incidents

Tarpon Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Barnette Energy LLC · Surface
Controlled by Metamining Inc.
Clinchco, Dickenson County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407243

Tarpon Quarry has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2009
29
citations
8
significant & substantial
$16,770
proposed penalties
$7,825
paid to date
47% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,945 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
17
inspections on record
216
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: 216 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tarpon Quarry has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-05-31.
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
2013 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 480 1 0 2083.3
2013 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 1 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 120 1 0 8333.3
2011 Q4 0 0 0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 6,425 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,103 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,782 5 0 1322.1
2010 Q4 8,346 6 3 718.9
2010 Q3 5,388 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,048 3 1 496.0
2010 Q1 4,998 6 2 1200.5
2009 Q4 5,693 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,945 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,629 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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