Benson Brothers Aggregate · Struck by flying object
RUNNING HAMMER AT SHALE PIT, HAD SAFETY GLASSES AND RESPIRATOR ON. WIND BLEW HARD, DUST WENT INTO EYES, SCRATCHED LEFT EYE.
Benson Shale Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Benson Brothers Aggregate
· Surface
Controlled by
Ed Benson; Dwight Benson
Austin,
Delta County,
CO
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504485
Benson Shale Pit has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2001
- Latest incident
- Nov 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
16
citations
9
significant & substantial
$5,528
proposed penalties
$3,708
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,820 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
91
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: 91 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Benson Shale Pit has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.$6K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-01-10.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 1,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 564 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 407 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 940 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 490 | 1 | 0 | 2040.8 |
| 2001 Q4 | 778 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 859 | 9 | 3 | 10477.3 |
| 2001 Q2 | 1,013 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 443 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 692 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 633 | 6 | 6 | 9478.7 |
| 2000 Q2 | 364 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 301 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2001 · 2 incidents
October 16, 2001
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Benson Brothers Aggregate · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A PRY BAR, IT SLIPPED, HE FELL OFF OF THE CRUSHER 10 FT TO THE GROUND. HE HIT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER, SORE BODY.
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