Mining Incidents

WILLIS BLUE Metal/Non-Metal

Willis Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by Thomas M Willis Jr
Elberton, Elbert County, GA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0901058

WILLIS BLUE has $6K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
26
citations
12
significant & substantial
$5,943
proposed penalties
$5,827
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $116 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
30
inspections on record
262
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: 262 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WILLIS BLUE has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-02-28.
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
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,807 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,219 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,059 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,344 2 1 853.2
2006 Q4 2,403 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,384 1 0 419.5
2006 Q2 2,476 0 0 0.0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1 2,765 6 3 2170.0
2005 Q4 3,599 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,109 2 1 643.3
2005 Q2 2,851 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,148 2 1 931.1
2004 Q4 2,431 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,387 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,564 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,299 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,131 2 0 938.5
2003 Q3 2,015 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,548 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,639 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,752 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,676 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,820 1 0 549.5
2002 Q1 2,080 1 1 480.8
2001 Q4 1,887 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,887 2 2 1059.9
2001 Q2 2,651 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,620 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,328 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,061 5 2 2426.0
2000 Q2 2,473 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,375 2 1 842.1

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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