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Dry Branch Kaolin Company operator

Controlled by Asea Brown Boveri Ltd (ABB)
MSHA operator ID: L12059
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
289
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1983–2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
128
citations
47
significant & substantial
$90,612
proposed penalties
$72,353
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,259 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
7
inspections on record
358
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: 358 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.
$91K
proposed penalties
$72K
current assessed
$72K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
128 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-06-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2000
4
1999
22
1998
18
1997
8
1996
9
1995
5
1994
4
1993
13
1992
21
1991
14 (1f)
1990
24 (1f)
1989
43
1988
36
1987
37
1986
5
1985
13
1984
5
1983
8

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
December 11, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Dry Branch Kaolin Company · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM A BUCKET TRUCK MAKING CONNECTIONS ON SWITCH AND LIGHTENING ARRESTER TO HIGH VOLTAGE LINE WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY CAME IN CONTACT WITH ANOTHER SWITCH THAT HAD BEEN PREVIO USLY ENERGIZED WITH 7200 VOLTS.

November 8, 1990 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · OTHER
Dry Branch Kaolin Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE ENTERED CHEMICAL TANK TO INSTALL THREADED FLANGE FOR PROBE

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