Mojave Desert Minerals, LLC operator
Controlled by
Desert Projects INC
MSHA operator ID: L15536
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 105
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1996–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
274
citations
77
significant & substantial
$137,354
proposed penalties
$123,360
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,994 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
44
inspections on record
1,553
inspection hours
17.6
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.274 citations across 1,553 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$137K
proposed penalties
$134K
current assessed
$123K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
270 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-01-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- MACHINERY 35 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 24 non-fatal
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 13 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 9 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 9 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 4 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2014
7
2013
4
2012
6
2011
16
2010
10
1998
8
1997
26
1996
28
Mines on record
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