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Bennett Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by George Zadel
Fort Lupton, Weld County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0504785

Bennett Pit has $17K 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
2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
84
citations
15
significant & substantial
$17,102
proposed penalties
$16,154
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $948 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
45
inspections on record
578
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: 578 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bennett Pit has $17K 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 6,028 2 1 331.8
2025 Q3 5,340 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,612 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,293 1 0 188.9
2024 Q4 6,253 3 1 479.8
2024 Q3 4,766 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,887 4 1 679.5
2024 Q1 4,243 0 0 0.0
Show 76 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,895 1 0 204.3
2023 Q3 4,066 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,113 4 0 782.3
2023 Q1 4,239 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,377 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 6,845 1 0 146.1
2022 Q2 6,933 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7,986 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,970 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 9,961 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 9,182 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 10,331 1 0 96.8
2020 Q3 8,974 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 9,355 1 0 106.9
2020 Q1 8,523 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 613 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,301 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,229 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,307 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,785 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,927 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,875 4 0 680.9
2017 Q3 5,971 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,682 2 0 352.0
2017 Q1 5,576 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,434 7 0 1288.2
2016 Q3 6,536 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,323 3 0 563.6
2016 Q1 5,496 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,832 3 2 514.4
2015 Q3 6,662 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,706 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,121 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,556 1 0 152.5
2014 Q3 7,218 1 0 138.5
2014 Q2 6,032 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,730 2 1 422.8
2013 Q4 5,166 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,896 1 0 204.2
2013 Q2 4,983 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,481 1 0 223.2
2012 Q4 4,944 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,608 1 0 151.3
2012 Q2 6,382 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,956 8 6 1343.2
2011 Q4 5,890 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,156 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,390 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,634 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,704 2 0 350.6
2010 Q3 4,699 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,374 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,678 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,088 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,785 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,893 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,262 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,775 1 0 147.6
2008 Q3 5,654 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,475 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,018 6 0 1493.3
2007 Q4 6,953 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,910 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,456 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,718 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,173 6 0 836.5
2006 Q3 8,230 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,673 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,639 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,088 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,927 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,967 2 0 402.7
2005 Q1 5,159 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,142 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,763 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,794 3 1 790.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2025 · 1 incident

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