Mining Incidents

Topaz Metal/Non-Metal

Pinon Ridge Mining LLC · Underground
Controlled by George Glasier
Slick Rock, San Miguel County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503613

Topaz has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $120 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
May 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
19
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,799
proposed penalties
$1,679
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $120 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
9
inspections on record
279
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: 279 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Topaz has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $120 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$120
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-11-17.
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
2009 Q2 14 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,650 4 0 2424.2
2008 Q3 2,592 2 0 771.6
2008 Q2 2,484 4 0 1610.3
2008 Q1 90 3 1 33333.3
2007 Q4 109 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 194 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,575 6 2 3809.5
2006 Q4 3,181 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,593 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

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