Mining Incidents

Blue Ice Sapphire Mining, Inc. operator

Controlled by Mike D Roberts
MSHA operator ID: 0110785
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
20
citations
7
significant & substantial
$54,563
proposed penalties
$3,263
paid to date
6% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $51,300 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
17
inspections on record
448
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: 448 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.
$54K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-06-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

  • FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 1 fatality

Incident timeline

2012
1 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
March 20, 2012 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Blue Ice Sapphire Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

This accident has already been investigated by MSHA. The victim was found approximately 250 feet inside the mine. He was working alone and had been struck by a fall of rib.

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