Halverson Gravel Pit has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Aug 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
34
citations
16
significant & substantial
$17,678
proposed penalties
$14,798
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,880 gap.
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: 390 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Halverson Gravel Pit has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $14K in penalties contested before the Commission, $12K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-06-05.
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.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
20%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$14K 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 2006-01-27.
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.
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: 2002-04-03, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2002-04-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.73
0.36
Utility Man
2002-04-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
0.68
0.60
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2012
0
2011
1
2010
1
2009
1
2008
2
2007
1
2006
1
2005
2
2004
1
2003
4
2002
5
2001
5
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Halverson Gravel Pit sits in Archuleta County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Archuleta County, Colorado · Population 13,730
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$76,524
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
2012 Q3
0
0
0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
0
0
0
2011 Q3
170
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
232
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
85
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4
0
0
0
2009 Q3
10
2
1
200000.0
2009 Q2
100
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
392
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
2
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
0
0
0
2007 Q2
0
4
1
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q3
0
0
0
2006 Q2
0
0
0
2006 Q1
278
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
565
2
1
3539.8
2005 Q3
80
17
7
212500.0
2005 Q2
0
0
0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
0
0
0
2004 Q3
0
0
0
2004 Q2
705
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
40
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
90
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
80
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,943
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,739
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,478
2
0
1353.2
2002 Q3
889
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,166
6
6
2770.1
2002 Q1
1,290
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,873
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,622
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,448
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
660
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,146
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,139
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,483
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
1,585
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
August 1, 2005CO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS FATALLY INJURED.HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE 1ST RETURN IDLER AFTER THE HEAD PULLEY OF THE PRODUCT BELT UNDER THE SAND SCREEN. HIS SHOVEL WAS FOUND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF RET ROLLER & IDLER, HIS HARD HAT WAS FOUND WEDGED IN THE CONVEYOR FRAME OF THE PULLEY SIDE OF RET IDLER. THE PLANT OPERATOR DISCOVERED THE VICTIM DURING A CHECK OF EQUIP. PLANT OPERATOR SHUT DOWN PLANT,
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