Mining Incidents

VELA PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Joe C Ballenger
Linn, Hidalgo County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104087

VELA 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 2000
29
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,241
proposed penalties
$2,241
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
16
inspections on record
141
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: 141 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

VELA 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
29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-01-25.
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 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 2,434 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,236 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,444 1 0 290.4
2005 Q4 5,239 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,496 4 0 727.8
2005 Q2 6,206 0 0 0.0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q1 4,073 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,941 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 8,735 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,787 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 10,904 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 13,780 1 0 72.6
2003 Q1 11,715 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,729 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,853 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 8,801 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 8,270 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,266 3 0 478.8
2001 Q3 11,075 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 9,599 13 2 1354.3
2001 Q1 6,789 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,717 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,819 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,281 7 1 1325.5
2000 Q1 6,434 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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