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ALPINE PIT: 35 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Alpine Rock Company · Surface
Breckenridge, Summit County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503051

ALPINE PIT has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Sep 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
35
citations
10
significant & substantial
$5,091
proposed penalties
$4,087
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,004 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Alpine Rock Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
24
inspections on record
214
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: 214 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ALPINE PIT has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-07-02.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
54.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.1% low, 82.9% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$60 proposed, $60 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 2006-12-21.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST20020440M Settlement Manning 2003 $3K → $2K
WEST 2007-150M Settlement Lesnick 2007 $60 → $60
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2011-10-13, 14 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.68 0.21 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-09-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.56 0.66 Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Alpine Rock Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 3
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 4
2006 3
2005 6
2004 5
2003 5
2002 5
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

ALPINE PIT sits in Summit County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Summit County, Colorado · Population 30,857
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$106,255
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
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,059 6 2 5665.7
2014 Q2 511 1 0 1956.9
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 172 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 653 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 509 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 212 1 0 4717.0
2012 Q3 378 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 271 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 464 1 0 2155.2
2011 Q3 750 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 225 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 335 1 0 2985.1
2010 Q3 527 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 614 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 205 1 1 4878.0
2009 Q3 1,213 1 0 824.4
2009 Q2 878 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 506 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,110 2 0 1801.8
2008 Q2 717 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 273 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 945 2 0 2116.4
2007 Q2 1,282 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 284 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 570 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,157 1 0 864.3
2006 Q2 992 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,101 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,224 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,454 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,154 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,067 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,325 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,596 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,954 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,142 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,851 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,915 5 0 1715.3
2003 Q2 1,032 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 106 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,195 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,992 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,705 5 5 2932.6
2002 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,046 3 2 1466.3
2001 Q2 1,102 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 380 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,185 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,590 5 0 3144.7
2000 Q2 1,042 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1995 · 1 incident

September 25, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Alpine Rock Company · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS HELPING THE WELDER WELDING ON B BUZZER DISCHARGE OF THE WASH PLANT. THE EE DIDN'T GET HISHEAD TURNED IN TIME PRIOR TO WELDER STARTING TO WELD.