Mining Incidents

Fox Ridge Stone LLC: 121 MSHA citations operator

Controlled by Don Hamman
MSHA operator ID: L33340

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1988–1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
121
citations
24
significant & substantial
$18,636
proposed penalties
$16,056
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,580 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
24
inspections on record
365
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: 365 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
121 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-09-14.
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.
19.8%
significant & substantial
3.3%
high negligence or reckless
19.8%
reasonably likely or greater
47.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.6% low, 71.1% moderate, 3.3% 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.
37 citations taken to the federal commission · 31% of citations on record
  • Settled 30 · 81%
  • Stood as issued 7 · 19%
100%
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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
31%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $6K 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 2010-03-04. 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
LAKE 2010-285M Settlement Miller 2013 $3K → $2K
LAKE 2010-187M Settlement Miller 2011 $3K → $2K
LAKE 2007-57M Dismissal Feldman 2007 $2K → $2K
LAKE 2010-502M Settlement Zielinski 2011 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

1992
1
1990
1
1988
1

Mines on record

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