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MILLER PIT: 40 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Schmidt Aggregates · Surface
Controlled by Edward C Levy Jr
Elizabeth, Elbert County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504098

MILLER PIT has $4K 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
3
Years on record
1994–2000
Latest incident
Feb 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
40
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,707
proposed penalties
$3,707
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Schmidt Aggregates's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
297
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: 297 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MILLER PIT has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-01-22.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
10.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
47.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.5% low, 77.5% moderate, 10.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2018-05-30, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-05-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 2.1 0.06 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Hallett Construction Company 1985 to 1986
  2. Hallett Materials 1986 to 1991
  3. Schmidt Aggregates 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 0
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 2
2004 2
2003 1
2002 2
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MILLER PIT sits in Elbert County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Elbert County, Colorado · Population 27,152
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$129,477
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
2019 Q1 77 1 0 12987.0
2018 Q4 818 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,066 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 921 2 0 2171.6
2018 Q1 646 4 3 6192.0
2017 Q4 943 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 919 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 567 0 0 0.0
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 432 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 618 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 766 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 397 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 318 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 362 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 497 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 104 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 170 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 550 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 954 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 249 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 177 2 0 11299.4
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 829 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 277 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 234 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 309 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 490 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 244 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 138 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 306 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 551 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 573 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 504 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 415 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 390 3 0 7692.3
2007 Q2 604 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 490 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 698 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 732 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 510 3 0 5882.4
2006 Q1 734 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 758 3 2 3957.8
2005 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 606 3 0 4950.5
2005 Q1 1,278 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 795 2 0 2515.7
2004 Q3 1,030 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 746 7 1 9383.4
2004 Q1 26 1 0 38461.5
2003 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 638 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 702 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 577 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,294 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 891 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 664 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 598 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 724 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 677 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 741 3 1 4048.6
2001 Q1 843 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 733 5 1 6821.3
2000 Q3 826 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,558 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,276 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2000 · 1 incident

February 10, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Schmidt Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS STRUCK IN THE CHEST BY A BAR WHILE WORKING ON AN OVERSIZED CONVEYOR.

1999 · 1 incident

November 20, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Schmidt Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A STACKER BELT HEAD PULLEY HAD JAMMED. WHILE FREEING UP THE PULLEY, THE EE STRAINED SOME STOMACH MUSCLES.

1994 · 1 incident

August 23, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schmidt Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS GREASING CHAIN IN A HURRY AND CAUGHT HAND IN CHAIN SPROCKET.