Mining Incidents

High Country Hard Rock - Williams Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Kremmling, Elbert County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2100611

High Country Hard Rock - Williams Pit has $3K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
36
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,367
proposed penalties
$3,367
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
349
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: 349 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

High Country Hard Rock - Williams Pit has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-17.
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
2025 Q3 2,506 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,640 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 763 2 0 2621.2
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q4 1,053 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,374 0 0 0.0
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 789 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 787 1 0 1270.6
2022 Q3 1,221 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,429 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,815 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,321 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,123 1 0 890.5
2021 Q1 0 1 0
2020 Q4 47 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,256 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 134 1 0 7462.7
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 319 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 763 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 367 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 197 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 305 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 551 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 204 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 555 1 0 1801.8
2017 Q3 1,047 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 902 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 694 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,656 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 762 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 782 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,911 3 0 1569.9
2015 Q2 822 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,277 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,792 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,615 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,264 2 0 1582.3
2013 Q3 2,147 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,662 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,112 2 1 1798.6
2012 Q3 1,491 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,327 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 947 2 0 2111.9
2011 Q4 1,725 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,738 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,684 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,456 2 2 1373.6
2010 Q3 2,142 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,892 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,363 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,121 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,427 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 945 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,033 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,329 1 0 752.4
2008 Q1 296 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,070 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,680 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,640 1 0 378.8
2007 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 820 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,520 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 889 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,632 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,340 1 0 427.4
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 610 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,220 2 0 900.9
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 2,224 1 0 449.6
2003 Q3 1,770 2 0 1129.9
2003 Q2 1,960 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,100 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,920 10 2 5208.3
2002 Q2 935 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 970 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,340 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 370 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,740 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,590 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 240 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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