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Dredge Op #3: 75 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Carder Inc · Surface
Controlled by Ron D Peterson
Lamar, Prowers County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504116

Dredge Op #3 has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 11 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Aug 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
75
citations
23
significant & substantial
$28,681
proposed penalties
$19,700
paid to date
69% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,981 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Carder Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
30
inspections on record
421
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: 421 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dredge Op #3 has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 11 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.
$29K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
Of $21K in penalties contested before the Commission, $12K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-16.
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.
30.7%
significant & substantial
13.3%
high negligence or reckless
30.7%
reasonably likely or greater
50.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.0% low, 78.7% moderate, 13.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
32 citations taken to the federal commission · 43% of citations on record
  • Settled 30 · 94%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 6%
92%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 12 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$21K proposed, $12K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-03-25.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2008-147M Settlement Manning 2009 $9K → $4K
WEST 2008-390M Settlement Bulluck 2010 $8K → $6K
WEST 2007-788M Settlement Manning 2008 $1K → $1K
WEST 2007-787M Settlement Manning 2008 $855 → $385
WEST 2004-326M Settlement Manning 2005 $811 → $340
WEST 2008-959M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $425 → $300
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2014-07-22, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2014-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-07-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.35 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-07-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Dredge/Barge Operator
2010-12-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-12-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-11-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-09-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-09-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-09-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.45 0.29 Laborer, Bullgang
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. Carder Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
2004 5
2003 2
2002 3
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Dredge Op #3 sits in Prowers County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Prowers County, Colorado · Population 11,931
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$57,601
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
2014 Q4 511 3 1 5870.8
2014 Q3 1,732 1 0 577.4
2014 Q2 1,568 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 931 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,538 1 1 650.2
2013 Q3 1,611 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,706 2 1 1172.3
2013 Q1 1,653 2 0 1209.9
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4 1,546 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,562 2 0 1280.4
2012 Q2 2,186 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,559 2 2 1282.9
2011 Q4 1,225 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,643 5 3 3043.2
2011 Q2 1,679 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,407 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,335 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,862 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,674 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,500 1 1 666.7
2009 Q3 1,791 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,427 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,781 2 1 1123.0
2008 Q4 2,833 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,314 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,151 2 0 929.8
2008 Q1 1,339 2 0 1493.7
2007 Q4 847 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,585 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,598 31 8 19399.2
2007 Q1 1,002 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,646 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,738 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,532 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,940 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,367 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,778 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,581 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,726 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,057 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,993 4 0 2007.0
2004 Q2 4,140 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,562 8 5 5121.6
2003 Q4 226 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 549 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 143 4 0 27972.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 1,369 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,930 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,361 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 580 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,692 3 0 1114.4
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 47 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,963 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

August 26, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carder Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND PULLED MUSCLE CAUSING ABDOMINAL HERNIA