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FOUNTAIN PIT: 90 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Fountain, El Paso County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503821

FOUNTAIN PIT has $26K 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
12
Years on record
1988–2006
Latest incident
Jul 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
90
citations
26
significant & substantial
$25,791
proposed penalties
$25,791
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
47
inspections on record
877
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: 877 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2014-12-04.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

FOUNTAIN PIT has $26K 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
89 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-02-13.
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.
29.2%
significant & substantial
4.5%
high negligence or reckless
29.2%
reasonably likely or greater
51.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.9% low, 87.6% moderate, 4.5% 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: 2016-11-17, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (23)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2016-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 0.88 0.59 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-05-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 0.79 0.63 Laborer, Bullgang
2013-02-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2013-02-07 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 2.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-02-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2011-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2011-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-02-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-02-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2010-02-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.88 0.15 Cleanup Man
2010-02-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.92 0.39 Laborer, Bullgang
2007-01-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.64 1.24 0.52 Laborer, Bullgang
2007-01-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.45 0.29 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.68 0.37 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.66 0.38 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-04-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.69 0.38 Oiler, Greaser
2001-04-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.34 0.35 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-04-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.82 0.23 Supervisor, Co. Official
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.

FOUNTAIN PIT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Colorado, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.10 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 6.37 6.37 0.000
2004 * 7.33 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 6.48 0.00 0.000
2001 * 6.61 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Broderick & Gibbons Inc 1982 to 1988
  2. Western Mobile Southern Inc 1988 to 1998
  3. Western Mobile Southern Inc 1998 to 2002
  4. Lafarge West Incorporated 2002 to 2011
  5. Martin Marietta Materials 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 2
2018 6
2017 6
2016 6
2015 6
2014 6
2013 7
2012 7
2011 9
2010 8
2009 9
2008 9
2007 11
2006 11
2005 9
2004 10
2003 9
2002 10
2001 10
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

FOUNTAIN PIT sits in El Paso County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
El Paso County, Colorado · Population 736,008
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$87,470
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
2019 Q1 1,094 1 0 914.1
2018 Q4 3,048 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,067 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,452 1 0 289.7
2018 Q1 3,254 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,701 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,764 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,768 2 1 530.8
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 3,660 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,950 3 1 759.5
2016 Q3 4,557 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,806 6 1 1576.5
2016 Q1 3,769 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,696 3 0 638.8
2015 Q3 4,532 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,974 2 0 503.3
2015 Q1 3,666 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,075 3 1 736.2
2014 Q3 4,848 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,386 1 0 228.0
2014 Q1 3,175 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,154 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,107 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,205 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,019 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,732 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,749 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,872 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,329 2 0 858.7
2011 Q4 426 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,919 2 0 406.6
2011 Q2 5,716 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,657 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,236 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,118 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,609 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,704 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,320 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,427 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,053 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,472 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,974 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,580 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,332 1 0 187.5
2008 Q1 4,955 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,904 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,354 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,180 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,005 2 0 399.6
2006 Q4 6,957 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 9,430 2 2 212.1
2006 Q2 7,320 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,704 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,113 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,691 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,624 4 0 603.9
2004 Q4 6,805 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,213 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,438 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 7,827 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,619 14 8 1837.5
2003 Q3 7,232 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,075 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 7,715 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,231 2 0 276.6
2002 Q3 8,626 2 0 231.9
2002 Q2 7,659 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,332 7 3 954.7
2001 Q4 5,682 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,897 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,862 2 0 225.7
2001 Q1 8,821 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,921 1 1 342.3
2000 Q3 7,542 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,738 15 5 1938.5
2000 Q1 4,760 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

12 on file

2006 · 1 incident

July 31, 2006 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge West Incorporated · Struck by falling object

Performing maintenance on a cone crusher. The head was being lifted, a weld broke causing the cone to fall and strike the employee's leg.

2005 · 1 incident

August 16, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lafarge West Incorporated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting a strip of belting from the side of the conveyor belt when the knife slipped, cutting the top of thumb through the glove. Stitches required.

2004 · 1 incident

October 5, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge West Incorporated · Struck against stationary object

Employee hit his elbow against a piece of angle iron, causing it to bruise. Employee returned to work that day at full duty. On 10/11/04, employee visited the doctor because the swelling had not decreased in his elbow, and the doctor made an incision to drain excess fluid. Employee returned to modified duty on 10/12/04.

2002 · 1 incident

April 1, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge West Incorporated · Fall from machine

STEPPED OFF LOADER, WENT TO PUT LT. FOOT DOWN & TWISTED LT. ANKLE. THE OPERATOR DID HAVE 3 POINTS OF CONTACT. HE STEPPED ON AN UNEVEN AREA (SPILL OF ROCKS FROM LOAD OUT).

2001 · 1 incident

July 2, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Southern Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING A TAIL WHEEL ON A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN TAILWHEEL SLIPPED OUT OF BEARING AND PINCHED FINGER.

1999 · 1 incident

September 25, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Southern Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A SECTION OF DAMAGED RAIL, A PIPE FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE, CAUSING A CUT ABOUT 2" LONG.

1998 · 1 incident

November 17, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Mobile Southern Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A KEEPER PIN INTO A TOOTH ONA LOADER, WHEN A PIECE OF THE PIN BROKE OFF ANDHIT HIM IN THE NECK/THROAT.

1997 · 1 incident

November 24, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Western Mobile Southern Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING CUTTING EDGE. IMPACT WRENCH CUT HAND.

1996 · 2 incidents

November 2, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Southern Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRAINED LOWER BACK WHILE CARRYING EQUIPMENT PARTS FOR SCRUBBER. WORK AREA WAS SMALL AND CRAMPED.

April 9, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Mobile Southern Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING BOLTS ON SCREEN DECK.

1991 · 1 incident

October 2, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Mobile Southern Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

LOADER BUCKET 12" OFF GROUND. EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN BUCKET TO REACH SOMETHING. SLIPPED AND FELL AND HIT TAILBONE ON THE BUCKET LIP. WORKED UNTIL 10-7 WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS.

1988 · 1 incident

October 20, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Broderick & Gibbons Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING ROCK AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MATERIAL RESULTING IN A BRUISED ANKLE.