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Bucklen Equipment Company Incorporated: 61 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Greeley, Weld County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0504040

Bucklen Equipment Company Incorporated has $11K 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
2
Years on record
2007–2008
Latest incident
May 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
61
citations
17
significant & substantial
$11,411
proposed penalties
$11,411
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Bucklen Equipment Company Incorporated's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
42
inspections on record
521
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: 521 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bucklen Equipment Company Incorporated has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-27.
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.
27.9%
significant & substantial
8.2%
high negligence or reckless
29.5%
reasonably likely or greater
52.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.2% low, 83.6% moderate, 8.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2017-11-01, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-11-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2012-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-09-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.93 0.20 Belt Cleaner
2002-09-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.66 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Bucklen Equipment Company Incorporated 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 5
2008 4
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 4
2002 4
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bucklen Equipment Company Incorporated sits in Weld County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Weld County, Colorado · Population 340,711
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$93,287
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
2026 Q2 230 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 232 3 1 12931.0
2025 Q3 234 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 233 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 210 4 1 19047.6
2024 Q4 233 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 242 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 226 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 207 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 225 5 4 22222.2
2023 Q3 243 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 212 2 0 9434.0
2023 Q1 213 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 215 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 246 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 223 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 294 1 0 3401.4
2021 Q4 239 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 234 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 227 1 0 4405.3
2021 Q1 217 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 225 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 231 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 261 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 224 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 228 1 0 4386.0
2019 Q3 172 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 234 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 228 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 228 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 239 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 237 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 223 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 230 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 215 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 448 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 482 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 402 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 461 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 432 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 411 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 409 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 409 4 2 9780.0
2014 Q3 430 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 428 4 1 9345.8
2014 Q1 392 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 412 1 0 2427.2
2013 Q3 372 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 446 1 0 2242.2
2013 Q1 351 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 403 1 0 2481.4
2012 Q3 417 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 405 2 0 4938.3
2012 Q1 773 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 817 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 896 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,548 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,382 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,671 1 0 598.4
2010 Q3 1,628 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,646 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,062 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,826 2 1 707.7
2009 Q3 2,595 3 1 1156.1
2009 Q2 2,059 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,428 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,254 7 1 5582.1
2008 Q3 1,615 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,017 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,508 2 0 1326.3
2007 Q4 1,380 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,004 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 842 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 752 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 773 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,004 3 1 2988.0
2006 Q2 696 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 675 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 747 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,095 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 951 8 4 8412.2
2005 Q1 733 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 743 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 938 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 646 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 904 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,088 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 691 3 0 4341.5
2003 Q1 1,213 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,296 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,127 2 0 1774.6
2002 Q2 1,057 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,307 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,182 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 974 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,093 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 957 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 833 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 936 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 858 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 492 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2008 · 1 incident

May 2, 2008 CO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
Bucklen Equipment Company Incorporated · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was in loader bucket working on stacker (or conveyor) & wind blew(60 mph in this area that day) stacker/conveyor into our employee. He was pinned between stacker and loader. Loader was than backed up to relieve pressure on him.

2007 · 1 incident

July 6, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
Bucklen Equipment Company Incorporated · Drowning

Two boys drove a car into the pond as a stunt. Both surfaced, one drowned. This was not during business hours and there was no permission from the company or landowners. The deceased was not an employee of the company.