Mining Incidents

Van Boven Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John Van Boven
Everson, Whatcom County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503000

Van Boven Pit has $2K 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 2001
28
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,447
proposed penalties
$2,447
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
20
inspections on record
274
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: 274 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Van Boven Pit has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-05-19.
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 Q3 433 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 737 6 1 8141.1
2009 Q1 507 1 0 1972.4
2008 Q4 838 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 984 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,151 2 0 1737.6
2008 Q1 1,272 1 0 786.2
2007 Q4 1,208 0 0 0.0
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 1,170 5 1 4273.5
2007 Q2 1,464 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,433 3 1 2093.5
2006 Q4 1,079 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,242 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,309 2 0 1527.9
2006 Q1 1,373 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,311 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,516 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,657 3 1 1810.5
2005 Q1 1,576 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,208 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,195 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,079 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 999 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,022 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,324 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,001 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 977 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 892 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 954 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,008 3 0 2976.2
2002 Q1 943 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 853 1 0 1172.3
2001 Q3 979 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 946 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 842 1 0 1187.6
2000 Q4 766 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 877 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 445 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 958 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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