Mining Incidents

Zeotech Corporation operator

Controlled by O Paul Leonard Jr
MSHA operator ID: L40446
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
54
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1988–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
225
citations
82
significant & substantial
$155,542
proposed penalties
$132,334
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $23,208 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
71
inspections on record
1,086
inspection hours
20.7
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.
225 citations across 1,086 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.
$156K
proposed penalties
$132K
current assessed
$132K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
221 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-04-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2019
1
2018
1
2016
1
2015
1
2014
1 (1f)
2013
12
2012
2
2009
2
2008
3
2005
2
2003
2
2002
6
2001
3
2000
2
1999
3
1998
4
1997
1
1996
2
1994
2
1992
1
1988
2

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
December 29, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Zeotech Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employees A and B were using a forklift to dump bulk bags of waste product to rerun thru plant for reuse, when employee B got on forklift and turned forklift over on its side resulting in fatal injury.

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