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Bucklen Equipment Company Incorporated Metal/Non-Metal

Bucklen Equipment Company Incorporated · Surface

Controlled by Randy Bucklen; Michael A Bucklen; Judy May

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.

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

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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.

$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.

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
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
2024 Q2	226	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	207	0	0	0.0

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Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
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.

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