Blue Water Industries operator
Controlled by
Blue Water Industries Holdings LLC
MSHA operator ID: L02727
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 248
- Mines on record
- 8
- Years on record
- 1983–2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
865
citations
287
significant & substantial
$571,953
proposed penalties
$547,763
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $24,190 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
427
inspections on record
7,386
inspection hours
11.7
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.865 citations across 7,386 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.$572K
proposed penalties
$548K
current assessed
$548K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
842 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 66 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 59 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 35 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 32 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 32 non-fatal
- STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT 9 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2023
4
2022
7
2021
4
2020
4
2019
3
2018
5
2017
9
2016
5
2015
9
2014
4
2013
5
2012
3
2011
1
2010
2
2008
4
2007
11
2006
5
2005
6
2004
9
2003
6
2002
4
2001
3
2000
9
1999
5
1998
4
1997
1
1996
7
1995
15
1994
6
1993
7
1992
10
1991
15
1990
8
1989
14
1988
7
1987
10
1986
8
1985
5
1984
3
1983
1
Mines on record
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