Mining Incidents

Stringtown Materials LP operator

Controlled by Lattimore Properties Inc
MSHA operator ID: L16179
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
28
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1999–2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
78
citations
19
significant & substantial
$34,686
proposed penalties
$21,590
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,096 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
979
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: 979 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.
$35K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-04-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2007
2
2006
3
2005
1
2004
2 (1f)
2003
1
2002
6
2001
3 (1f)
2000
6
1999
4

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
July 24, 2004 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Stringtown Materials LP · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While cleaning material buildup from underneath field conveyor using a Bobcat loader, the employee climbed out of the vehicle to inspect a pin which had worked loose on the boom arm. After climbing back into the Bobcat, the employee bypassed the safety devices and operated the equipment standing up and became pinned between the boom crossmember and the roof of the cab.

August 7, 2001 OK · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Stringtown Materials LP · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ASSISTING IN MOVING 5 CONNECTED RAILCARS TO AN ADJACENT TRACK BY MEANS OF A WHEELL TRACTOR. THE REAR RAILCAR BECAME UNCOUPLED FROM THE TRACTOR. THE EE SIGNALED THE OPERATOR OF TRACTOR T O BACK AWAY FROM THE REAR RAILCAR TO ALLOW RECOUPLING. AFTER THE WHEEL TRACTOR BACKED AWAY, THE EE POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE TRACTOR & RAILCAR. THE SLACK RELEASED FATALLY INJURING EE.

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