Mining Incidents

V S I Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Leroy Lipham
Aspermont, Stonewall County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104005

V S I has $21K 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
49
citations
13
significant & substantial
$20,618
proposed penalties
$20,618
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
22
inspections on record
275
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: 275 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

V S I has $21K 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-02-14.
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
2007 Q2 598 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,329 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,266 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,698 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,583 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 10,679 10 1 936.4
2005 Q4 8,704 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 13,329 2 0 150.0
Show 20 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2 12,897 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 10,483 1 1 95.4
2004 Q4 10,756 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 11,441 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 10,074 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 10,348 1 1 96.6
2003 Q4 11,924 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 25,070 5 0 199.4
2003 Q2 14,511 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 12,676 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 8,943 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,127 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 11,940 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 14,047 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 16,083 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 13,078 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 10,815 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 13,712 8 1 583.4
2000 Q2 1,033 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 9,728 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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