West Butte Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Butte Sand & Gravel
· Surface
Controlled by
Darren Morehead
Sutter,
Sutter County,
CA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405284
West Butte Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
24
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,917
proposed penalties
$330
paid to date
11% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,587 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
62
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 62 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
West Butte Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$330
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-12-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Q3 | 2,169 | 7 | 2 | 3227.3 |
| 2000 Q2 | 3,694 | 16 | 5 | 4331.3 |
| 2000 Q1 | 3,455 | 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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The full compliance file on West Butte Pit
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