Mining Incidents

Austin Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kent Cotten
Denver, Delta County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504655

Austin Pit has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
18
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,795
proposed penalties
$1,795
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
19
inspections on record
157
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: 157 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Austin Pit has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-03-01.
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
2010 Q4 354 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 179 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 1 0
2009 Q4 118 1 0 8474.6
2009 Q3 526 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 395 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 55 0 0 0.0
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 534 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 779 4 1 5134.8
2007 Q2 349 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 663 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 779 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 691 2 2 2894.4
2006 Q1 1,287 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 694 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 847 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,008 6 1 5952.4
2005 Q1 602 1 0 1661.1
2004 Q4 888 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,078 2 0 962.5
2004 Q2 1,389 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 761 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 659 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 733 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 708 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 545 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 969 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,147 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 959 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 851 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,028 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 811 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 822 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 985 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,123 1 0 890.5
2000 Q2 1,198 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,053 0 0 0.0

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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