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WIRTJERS PIT Metal/Non-Metal

J W Ready Mix & Construction Inc · Surface

Controlled by Patricia Wirtjers

Sac County, IA  ·  Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1302024

WIRTJERS PIT has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities

0

Total incidents

2

Years on record

1996–2002

Latest incident

May 2002

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

14

citations

3

significant & substantial

$6,537

proposed penalties

$5,057

paid to date

77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,480 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

5

inspections on record

41

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: 41 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WIRTJERS PIT has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.

$7K

proposed penalties

$5K

current assessed

$5K

paid to date

$0

outstanding

14 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2001-10-10.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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
2002 Q3	0	0	0
2002 Q2	718	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	163	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	824	6	3	7281.6
2001 Q3	375	8	0	21333.3
2001 Q2	402	0	0	0.0
2001 Q1	8	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	299	0	0	0.0

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3	383	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	513	0	0	0.0
2000 Q1	144	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2002 · 1 incident

May 22, 2002 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER

J W Ready Mix & Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VERY WINDY DAY--WAS CHECKING WEED IN ALTERNATOR BELT, WIND BLEW HOOD AND HIT HIS BACK & KNOCKED FINGER INTO BELT.

1996 · 1 incident

February 22, 1996 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

J W Ready Mix & Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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