Mining Incidents

AURORA PIT S-4 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rio Grande Company
PORTABLE, Arapahoe County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503570

AURORA PIT S-4 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1998
Latest incident
Oct 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
14
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,118
proposed penalties
$1,118
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
80
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: 80 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

AURORA PIT S-4 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-10-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 1,397 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,489 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,912 3 1 1569.0
2002 Q3 1,536 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,153 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,544 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 1,158 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,098 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,118 9 3 8050.1
2001 Q1 1,206 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,887 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,982 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,818 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,658 2 1 1206.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1998 · 1 incident

October 6, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Rio Grande Company-Sand & Gravel Div · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING A POWER WRENCH IN RIGHT HAND. PUT SOCKET ON POWER WRENC. PUT FINGER IN SOCKET AND BY ACCIDENT HIT POWER OF WRENCH AND NUT WAS SCREWED ON FINGER.

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 2 incidents

April 19, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF CAB OF DRAGLINE SLIPPED ON TRACK SURFACE AND JUMPED GROUND TURNING ANKLE

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