Mining Incidents

KAUFFMAN PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Frank Kauffman
Loveland, Larimer County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0500996

KAUFFMAN PIT has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2003–2011
Latest incident
Sep 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
65
citations
10
significant & substantial
$9,445
proposed penalties
$6,688
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,757 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
26
inspections on record
307
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: 307 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

KAUFFMAN PIT has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-04-26.
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
2012 Q1 2,122 2 1 942.5
2011 Q4 5,435 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,755 1 0 148.0
2011 Q2 5,372 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,839 11 6 1883.9
2010 Q4 6,778 1 0 147.5
2010 Q3 9,168 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 8,545 0 0 0.0
Show 41 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q1 6,350 1 0 157.5
2009 Q4 6,299 4 0 635.0
2009 Q3 7,301 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,978 3 0 429.9
2009 Q1 6,382 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 8,323 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 9,965 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 11,538 3 0 260.0
2008 Q1 9,854 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 10,544 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 11,958 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 10,835 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,290 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,725 3 1 308.5
2006 Q3 9,673 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 10,873 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 10,785 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 10,631 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 10,792 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 11,345 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 9,922 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 9,541 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10,890 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 10,835 3 0 276.9
2004 Q1 10,025 15 0 1496.3
2003 Q4 9,509 5 1 525.8
2003 Q3 10,780 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 10,757 3 0 278.9
2003 Q1 9,633 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,248 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,041 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,332 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,482 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,515 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,960 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,029 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,954 2 0 287.6
2000 Q4 6,956 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,874 7 1 1018.3
2000 Q2 5,498 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,520 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2011 · 1 incident

September 1, 2011 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Jake Kauffman & Son Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Reported turning of steering wheel causing severe pain when trying to use arm to pick up objects or grip objects firmly. EE reported the injury to us as of 12/14/11 for the first time.

2009 · 1 incident

May 12, 2009 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Jake Kauffman & Son Inc · Struck against a moving object

8 hours of operating scraper (623). He did not report injury until 7/22/09. He was not at work when injury occurred that week.

2006 · 1 incident

March 15, 2006 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Jake Kauffman & Son Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The door on the 345 Track hoe blew window shut shattering the window glass got into my eye scratching my cornea.

2005 · 1 incident

December 2, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jake Kauffman & Son Inc · Fall from machine

Replacing boom & struck hyd line. Hose was blowing and machine was covered with hyd oil. Stepping down to replace hose, stepped on swing drive and fell.

2003 · 1 incident

November 22, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Jake Kauffman & Son Inc · Struck by flying object

GRINDING AND CHIPPING SLAG, HE NOTICED TWO HOURS LATER HIS EYE WAS ITCHING. HE WAS REPAIRING A BUCKET ON A 345B TRACK HOE. DOCTOR PRESCRIBED MEDICATION FOR EYE.

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