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Harriman Quarry: 112 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Simon Contractors · Surface
Controlled by Colas S A
Cheyenne, Summit County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504745

Harriman Quarry has $73K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2014–2016
Latest incident
Apr 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
112
citations
44
significant & substantial
$72,750
proposed penalties
$52,121
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20,629 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Simon Contractors's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
33
inspections on record
457
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: 457 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.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-10-04.
On record since 2013.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Harriman Quarry has $73K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 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.
$73K
proposed penalties
$52K
current assessed
$52K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
109 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $58K in penalties contested before the Commission, $39K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-10-04.
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.
40.4%
significant & substantial
14.7%
high negligence or reckless
40.4%
reasonably likely or greater
55.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.5% low, 79.8% moderate, 14.7% 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.
34 citations taken to the federal commission · 30% of citations on record
  • Settled 34 · 100%
90%
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 21 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$65K proposed, $37K 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 2015-09-23.
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 2014-187M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $19K → $9K
WEST 2010-1419M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $8K → $4K
WEST 2015-0525 Settlement Simonton 2018 $7K → $10K
WEST 2012-896M Settlement Manning 2013 $7K → $4K
WEST 2010-289M Settlement 2010 $6K → $4K
WEST 2015-0964 Settlement Manning 2016 $5K → $3K
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: 2017-09-12, 8 years ago
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz62 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.44 0.37 3.89 Cleanup Man
2002-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.08 0.42 2.57 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-09-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 0.79 0.54 Supervisor, Co. Official
2017-09-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.9 0.31 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2010-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.01 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2005-09-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 1.19 0.50 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.

Harriman Quarry recorded 7.50 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.

Injury rate, 2015
ⓘ 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.
7.50
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In Colorado, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.75 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.
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. Willits Company Inc. 2002 to 2016
  2. Simon Contractors 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 0
2018 0
2017 0
2016 9
2015 9
2014 8
2013 6
2012 6
2011 5
2010 3
2009 5
2008 5
2007 3
2006 4
2005 4
2004 1
2003 2
2002 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Harriman Quarry sits in Summit County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Summit County, Colorado · Population 30,857
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$106,255
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 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 6 1
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 4,655 1 1 214.8
2016 Q3 5,614 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,105 3 0 587.7
2016 Q1 3,570 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 6,755 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,723 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 7,978 5 1 626.7
2015 Q1 3,212 9 7 2802.0
2014 Q4 4,639 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,138 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,072 8 4 1577.3
2014 Q1 2,847 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,402 13 2 3821.3
2013 Q3 4,172 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,015 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,468 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,181 3 0 717.5
2012 Q3 4,730 2 1 422.8
2012 Q2 3,870 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,928 5 3 2593.4
2011 Q4 2,277 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,692 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,448 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,795 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,750 12 9 6857.1
2010 Q3 2,176 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,705 10 3 5865.1
2010 Q1 669 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,811 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,227 9 3 4041.3
2009 Q2 2,144 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,130 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,296 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,884 4 0 1387.0
2008 Q2 2,176 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,340 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,353 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,103 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,589 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,142 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,010 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,666 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,071 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 953 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,914 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,749 1 1 363.8
2005 Q2 1,954 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,877 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,320 5 0 3787.9
2004 Q3 2,347 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 1 0
2003 Q3 2,336 1 0 428.1
2003 Q2 2,130 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,017 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 284 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,562 12 7 7682.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2016 · 1 incident

April 15, 2016 CO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Willits Company Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking beside a conveyor and slipped. Tried to grab the conveyor to catch self and cut the top of left hand.

2015 · 1 incident

April 23, 2015 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Willits Company Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An employee was in the process of repairing the idle crusher brake. He was in the process of drilling the bolts out of the crusher brake. He was wearing safety glasses but some metal shavings fell into his right eye. He left work to be treated by an eye doctor

2014 · 1 incident

December 15, 2014 CO · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Willits Company Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee bent over to pick up & move a 5# rock off the road. He had pain in his rt shoulder and bicep so he went to HealthReach. The doctor recommended he see an orthopedic doctor. He saw the orthopedic on 12/19/14 and was diagnosed with a stretched long tendon in his bicep. No medication, lost days or surgery are needed.