Mining Incidents

Merrill Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Park County-CO
Jefferson, Park County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504597

Merrill Pit has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
15
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,772
proposed penalties
$1,772
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
30
inspections on record
196
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: 196 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Merrill Pit has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-14.
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
2022 Q3 355 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 754 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 273 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 133 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 189 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 183 2 0 10929.0
2016 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 108 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 108 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 1 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 306 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 75 1 0 13333.3
2012 Q1 34 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3 1 0 333333.3
2010 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 190 2 2 10526.3
2009 Q3 10 3 2 300000.0
2009 Q2 418 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 76 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 233 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 1 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 150 2 0 13333.3
2003 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 568 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 203 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 176 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 758 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 149 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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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