Mining Incidents

Barber & Sons Aggregate operator

Controlled by Barber & Sons Company
MSHA operator ID: L30734
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
53
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1984–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
440
citations
166
significant & substantial
$623,163
proposed penalties
$381,979
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $241,184 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
79
inspections on record
1,755
inspection hours
25.1
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.
440 citations across 1,755 inspection hours.
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.
$623K
proposed penalties
$382K
current assessed
$382K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
430 assessments are final orders; 22 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-02-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2008
1
2007
1
2000
4
1999
1
1998
2
1997
1
1996
4
1995
5 (1f)
1994
4
1993
1
1991
4
1990
2
1989
15
1988
3
1987
3
1986
1
1984
1

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
March 17, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Barber & Sons Aggregate · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM HAD POSITIONED HIMSELF ON THE GROUND IN AN AREA OF OBSTRUCTED VIEW TO THE DRIVER OF A SECOND TRUCK WHILE WAITING TO BE LOADED. AS THE SECOND DRIVER PULLED AWAY AFTER BEING LOADED, H E NOTICED HIS TAILGATE HAD NOT CLOSED. REALIZINGHIS TRUCK WOULD HAVE TO BE UNLOADED IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE TAILGATE THE SECOND DRIVER BACKED UP TO UNLOAD. WHEN THE TRUCK WAS UNLOADED AND THE T

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