Alma Placer Metal/Non-Metal
High Mountain Mining Company LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Arthur D Gibson; David A Wilds
Alma,
Park County,
CO
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0504987
Alma Placer has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
51
citations
14
significant & substantial
$7,491
proposed penalties
$7,140
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $351 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
20
inspections on record
370
inspection hours
n/a
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.Rate withheld: 370 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Alma Placer has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
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.$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 730 | 2 | 2 | 2739.7 |
| 2025 Q3 | 929 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 697 | 4 | 3 | 5738.9 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q2 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Q4 | 610 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,830 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,037 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q3 | 993 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 880 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,554 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,841 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,976 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,435 | 3 | 0 | 1232.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,898 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 3,778 | 8 | 1 | 2117.5 |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,490 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 3,183 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 3,937 | 2 | 0 | 508.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 3,709 | 6 | 1 | 1617.7 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,475 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 3,082 | 6 | 2 | 1946.8 |
| 2015 Q2 | 2,305 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 3,640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 5,280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 4,583 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 3,973 | 7 | 1 | 1761.9 |
| 2013 Q3 | 5,593 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 4,762 | 8 | 3 | 1680.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 2,633 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 4,147 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 4,086 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,774 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q4 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 10000.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,558 | 2 | 1 | 1283.7 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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