Mining Incidents

Monarch Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Salida, Chaffee County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0500012

Monarch Quarry has $3K 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
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Jul 1985
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
32
citations
12
significant & substantial
$3,389
proposed penalties
$3,389
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
19
inspections on record
256
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: 256 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Monarch Quarry has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-03-31.
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
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
Show 64 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 498 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 677 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 626 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 588 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,086 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 703 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 728 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,077 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,325 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,564 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,772 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,546 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 492 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,700 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,636 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 187 1 1 5347.6
2010 Q4 1,683 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,077 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 756 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,083 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 908 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 621 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 693 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 205 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 518 2 2 3861.0
2007 Q2 213 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,237 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 431 5 2 11600.9
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 162 2 0 12345.7
2005 Q2 818 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 17 2 0 117647.1
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 5 2
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 11 3
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 899 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q3 1,465 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,189 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

July 9, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
C F & I Steel Corp · Struck against a moving object

ON 7-9-85 EMP R9PORTED FOR WORK AT 7:00 AM ON HIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED SHIFT. HIS DUTIES WERE TO FEED THE PLANT AND BUILD BERMS. AT APPROX 10:00 AM WHILE DUMPING DIRT TO BUILD BERMS AROUND THE HOLE THAT WAS M5DE FROM EXTRACTING MATERIAL, HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE LOADER AND CONSQUENTLY WENT OVER A 20-FOOT EMBANKMENT. HE TRIED TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN REV ERSE BUT WAS UNABLE TO.

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