Vortex Mine has $61K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Mar 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
84
citations
17
significant & substantial
$60,646
proposed penalties
$9,346
paid to date
15% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $51,300 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
1,294
inspection hours
6.5
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.
84 citations across 1,294 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Vortex Mine has $61K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$61K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
80 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-04-29.
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
2021 Q4
921
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,560
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
3,096
2
0
646.0
2014 Q1
0
3
1
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q3
0
6
1
2013 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q3
480
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
250
10
5
40000.0
2012 Q1
80
1
0
12500.0
2011 Q1
960
1
0
1041.7
2010 Q4
80
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
80
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
200
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
40
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
10
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
80
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
20
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,739
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
4,383
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
3,963
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
3,063
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
2,658
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
3,782
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,440
2
0
819.7
2003 Q1
1,484
1
0
673.9
2002 Q4
288
8
2
27777.8
2002 Q3
2,232
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,160
2
1
925.9
2002 Q1
160
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,872
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,384
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,466
12
4
2195.4
2001 Q1
5,513
5
2
906.9
2000 Q4
3,500
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,577
1
0
634.1
2000 Q2
1,934
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,070
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
March 20, 2012MT · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerFatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
This accident has already been investigated by MSHA. The victim was found approximately 250 feet inside the mine. He was working alone and had been struck by a fall of rib.
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