Mining Incidents

Crushing Operation #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James H Kirkland
Lyons, Pueblo County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504709

Crushing Operation #2 has $20K 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
3
Years on record
2003–2004
Latest incident
Jun 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
35
citations
15
significant & substantial
$20,088
proposed penalties
$14,569
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,519 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
9
inspections on record
121
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: 121 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crushing Operation #2 has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-12-09.
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
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 3,133 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,947 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,001 10 3 1428.4
2004 Q2 7,445 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,867 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,482 5 4 1115.6
2003 Q3 5,167 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2 5,046 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,740 13 6 3475.9
2002 Q4 5,370 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,368 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,087 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,962 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,532 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,649 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2004 · 2 incidents

June 14, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Kirkland Construction LLLP · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STANDING BETWEEN RETURN CONVEYOR AND A SKID STEER - 2 FT. CLEARANCE. SKID STEER OPERATOR BEGAN TO BACK UP, UNAWARE EE WAS BEHIND HIM. EE TRIED TO MOVE WHEN HE HEARD THE BACK-UP ALARM, BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. THE SKID STEER PUSHED EE AGAINST THE CONVEYOR. A COWORKER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE SKID STEER OPERATOR.

March 16, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kirkland Construction LLLP · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While performing maintenance on the screen the employee placed his foot on a loose pile of sand. This caused his ankle to twist which resulted in a sprained ankle. The ee knew the accumulation of loose materials was present; however, he did not pay attention to where he placed his foot.

2003 · 1 incident

January 20, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kirkland Construction LLLP · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING ALONG STEEL DRAINLINE SLIPPED OFF.

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The full compliance file on Crushing Operation #2

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.