Mining Incidents

Longmont West Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Longmont, Boulder County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504660

Longmont West Mine has $8K 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
3
Years on record
2001–2004
Latest incident
May 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
58
citations
14
significant & substantial
$8,135
proposed penalties
$7,460
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $675 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
14
inspections on record
224
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: 224 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Longmont West Mine has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-10-25.
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
2005 Q4 3,439 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,023 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,022 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,065 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,000 7 1 1750.0
2004 Q3 4,659 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,587 2 0 358.0
2004 Q1 4,968 3 0 603.9
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 4,553 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,045 3 0 594.6
2003 Q2 5,586 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,157 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,825 1 1 207.3
2002 Q3 5,414 3 0 554.1
2002 Q2 5,241 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,930 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,691 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,776 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,864 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,556 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,685 2 1 299.2
2000 Q3 7,530 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,838 4 1 585.0
2000 Q1 7,727 33 10 4270.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2004 · 1 incident

May 11, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Aggregate Industries WCR, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING ON A LEVEL HARD SURFACE WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL DOWN. HE TRIED TO CATCH HIS FALL WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND ENDED UP WITH A FRACTURED LEFT WRIST. INVESTIGATION SHOWS NO TRIP HAZARDS PRESENT.

2001 · 2 incidents

May 23, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unknown operator · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING A BIG ROCK OUT OF FEEDER BIN AND STRAINED RIGHT WRIST.

February 24, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unknown operator · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING COUNTERWEIGHT IN TELESMITH 48 CONE, MANTLE WAS LAYING ON THE GROUND. HE WAS WORKING NEAR BOTTOM OF COUNTERWEIGHT WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ROLLED MANTLE TO CONTINUE WORK, MANTLE ROLLED ONTO HIS FINGER.

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