Geo Specialty Chemicals operator
Controlled by
Ken Ghazey
MSHA operator ID: L12968
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 18
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1994–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
104
citations
15
significant & substantial
$12,192
proposed penalties
$12,192
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
52
inspections on record
956
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: 956 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.$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
104 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-04-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 9 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 1 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
- STRIKING OR BUMPING 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2014
1
2012
1
2010
1
2009
1
2008
1
2007
1
2006
2
2005
3
2000
1
1998
2
1997
1
1994
3
Mines on record
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