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: 250 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
408 PTS has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$13K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-09-06.
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.
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.
8citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
Settled
8 · 100%
58%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2004-11-09.
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 mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2002-06-27, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2002-06-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
0.68
0.50
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2002-06-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.79
0.35
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Belt Cleaner
2002-06-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.1
0.20
Truck Driver
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
408 PTS recorded 15.02 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
15.02
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Colorado, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.50 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2004 *
15.02
0.00
0.000
2003 *
9.03
0.00
0.000
2002 *
14.41
0.00
0.000
2001 *
15.65
10.43
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2016
0
2008
0
2007
0
2006
0
2005
21
2004
13
2003
9
2002
9
2001
16
2000
17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
408 PTS sits in Weld County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.4% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Weld County, Colorado · Population 340,711
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$93,287
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3
0
0
0
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q3
0
0
0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q2
0
0
0
2006 Q1
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3
9,987
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
11,289
1
0
88.6
2005 Q1
9,006
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
11,374
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
6,396
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
5,303
4
1
754.3
2004 Q1
3,556
13
2
3655.8
2003 Q4
4,039
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,287
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,718
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
7,105
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
7,844
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
7,387
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
7,536
3
1
398.1
2002 Q1
4,997
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
9,123
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
9,466
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
12,424
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
7,320
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
10,432
6
0
575.2
2000 Q3
9,465
10
0
1056.5
2000 Q2
10,759
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
11,114
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2005 · 1 incident
May 5, 2005CO · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EXITING HAUL TRUCK-BACKING DOWN STEPS AS TRAINED-SLIPPED-HIT RIGHT HAND ON STEP CAUSING FRACTURE TO RT METACARPAL ON RT HAND. CONDITIONS DRY-NOT SLIPPERY.
2001 · 3 incidents
November 6, 2001CO · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
SHARP SPUR CABLE LADDER PUNCTURED RIGHT KNEE. (NO STITCHES ONLY ANTIBIOTICS.)
August 8, 2001CO · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS