Mining Incidents

VOLK Metal/Non-Metal

Volk Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Roy C Volk
Vaughn, Cascade County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402073

VOLK has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Nov 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
31
citations
18
significant & substantial
$7,319
proposed penalties
$5,286
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,033 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
11
inspections on record
137
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: 137 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

VOLK has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 2 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-09-29.
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
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 160 6 2 37500.0
2005 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 200 13 9 65000.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 272 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 549 1 0 1821.5
2001 Q3 466 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 241 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 327 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 638 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 416 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 917 11 7 11995.6
2000 Q1 54 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1995 · 1 incident

November 6, 1995 MT · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Volk Sand & Gravel · Fall onto or against objects

TRIED TO BREAK LOOSE A CONVEYOR BELT THAT WOULD NOT TURN. PULLED ON SPUD BAR, SLIPPED AND FELL BACK ONTO ANOTHER CONVEYOR BELT.

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