Mining Incidents

Barrett Asphalt Corp.: 71 MSHA citations operator

Controlled by John M Barrett
MSHA operator ID: L11035

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1989–1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
71
citations
28
significant & substantial
$43,705
proposed penalties
$28,839
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,866 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
210
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: 210 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$44K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$29K
paid to date
$1
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $37K in penalties contested before the Commission, $22K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-07-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
39.4%
significant & substantial
47.9%
high negligence or reckless
39.4%
reasonably likely or greater
69.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 1.4% low, 50.7% moderate, 47.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
47 citations taken to the federal commission · 66% of citations on record
  • Settled 47 · 100%
74%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 23 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
40%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$37K proposed, $22K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2013-04-17. Vacated and withdrawn citations are removed from the file this view attributes through, so that outcome is slightly undercounted here.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this operator contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2013-128M Settlement Rae 2013 $22K → $12K
YORK 2013-116M Settlement Rae 2013 $9K → $5K
YORK 2013-129M Settlement Rae 2013 $4K → $4K
YORK 2013-115M Settlement Rae 2013 $2K → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1996
2
1995
1
1994
1
1989
2

Mines on record

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