Mining Incidents

KAESS PIT NO 1: 2 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Kaess Contracting Inc · Surface
Controlled by Karen Kaess
Salida, Chaffee County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504622

KAESS PIT NO 1 has $200 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 2007
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$200
proposed penalties
$200
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
11
inspections on record
53
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: 53 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

KAESS PIT NO 1 has $200 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.
$200
proposed penalties
$200
current assessed
$200
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-07-25.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Kaess Contracting Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 0
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

KAESS PIT NO 1 sits in Chaffee County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Chaffee County, Colorado · Population 19,876
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$70,909
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
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 156 2 0 12820.5
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q3 580 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 540 0 0 0.0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 330 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 370 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 340 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 460 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 460 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 550 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 580 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 410 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 350 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 700 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.