Mining Incidents

Perry Pit / Portable Wash Sand Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Brighton, Weld County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504545

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2005
Latest incident
Jul 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
29
citations
11
significant & substantial
$3,234
proposed penalties
$3,234
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,050 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,923 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,542 3 1 847.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2005 · 1 incident

July 14, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Asphalt Paving Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE OPENED RADIATOR CAP ON CAT LOADER W/O RELEASING PRESSURE FIRST. HOT ENGINE

2004 · 1 incident

August 6, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Asphalt Paving Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

Steel pipe just cut free with cutting torch, fell onto oil can, releasing oil into air, ignited by cutting torch.

2002 · 2 incidents

July 18, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Asphalt Paving Company · Struck against a moving object

EE OPERATING EQUIPMENT, HIT BUMP, STRAINED HIS BACK.

February 27, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asphalt Paving Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

3/4" WATER HOSE WITH ICE. EE SHOCK HOSE ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN ICE, END STRUCK HIS LIP.

2001 · 1 incident

December 10, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Asphalt Paving Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A LONG BAR TO PRY A ROCK OUT OF A TAIL PULLEY. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIS THUMB.