Mining Incidents

Hilltop Big Bend Quarry LLC operator

Controlled by John F Steele Jr
MSHA operator ID: 0056358
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2005–2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
134
citations
45
significant & substantial
$59,209
proposed penalties
$45,201
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,008 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
75
inspections on record
1,755
inspection hours
7.6
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.
134 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.
$59K
proposed penalties
$45K
current assessed
$45K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
131 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-26.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2022
2
2021
1
2020
2
2018
1
2016
1
2010
1
2007
2
2005
2

Mines on record

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