Mining Incidents

Lammi Sand & Rock Products: 177 MSHA citations operator

MSHA operator ID: L35435

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1999–2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
177
citations
61
significant & substantial
$61,425
proposed penalties
$1,129
paid to date
2% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60,296 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
688
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: 688 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.
$61K
proposed penalties
$57K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$56K
outstanding
154 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
Of $39K in penalties contested before the Commission, $34K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-04-12.
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.
39.6%
significant & substantial
22.4%
high negligence or reckless
40.1%
reasonably likely or greater
80.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.6% low, 73.0% moderate, 22.4% 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.
81 citations taken to the federal commission · 46% of citations on record
  • Settled 55 · 68%
  • Stood as issued 26 · 32%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 29 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
14%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$35K proposed, $30K 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 2006-10-31. 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
WEST 2007-67M Default Lesnick 2007 $15K → $15K
WEST 2005-267M Settlement Barbour 2005 $6K → $3K
WEST 2006-134M Default Lesnick 2006 $6K → $6K
WEST20010105M Default Barbour 2001 $4K → $4K
WEST 2004-502M1 Settlement Barbour 2005 $2K → $2K
WEST 2004-505M Settlement Barbour 2005 $2K → $2K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

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2005
1
1999
1

Mines on record

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