Mining Incidents

WEST MINE Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thompkins Arthur Jr
Myrtle Beach, Horry County, SC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3800610

WEST MINE has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1996
Latest incident
Nov 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
15
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,157
proposed penalties
$2,157
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
17
inspections on record
196
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: 196 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 MINE has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-06-21.
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 55 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 37 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 474 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 468 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 893 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,961 2 0 1019.9
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q1 1,121 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 906 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 989 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,197 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,136 1 0 880.3
2003 Q4 1,018 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 987 1 0 1013.2
2003 Q2 1,937 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,981 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 952 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,471 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,225 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,111 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,105 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,165 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,724 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,558 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,287 10 3 4372.5
2000 Q3 2,329 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,903 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,214 1 1 823.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1996 · 1 incident

November 21, 1996 SC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Thompkins & Associates Inc · Fall from machine

CLOSING DOWN FOR THE DAY AND EE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE DUMP TRUCK AND SLIPPED ON THE STEP OF THETRUCK, AND REPORTED THE NEXT DAY THAT HE HAD HURT HIS BACK.

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