Mining Incidents

Northern Portable Plant #11 Metal/Non-Metal

Gypsum, Eagle County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504059

Northern Portable Plant #11 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
10
Years on record
1990–2006
Latest incident
Jul 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
37
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,110
proposed penalties
$3,110
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
33
inspections on record
526
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: 526 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Northern Portable Plant #11 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
39 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-01-20.
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
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,718 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,220 2 1 900.9
2014 Q2 1,625 0 0 0.0
Show 57 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1 894 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,656 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,080 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,673 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 611 1 0 1636.7
2012 Q4 757 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,928 2 0 1037.3
2012 Q2 1,640 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 996 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 673 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 178 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,914 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,552 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 668 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,058 1 0 485.9
2010 Q1 434 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 537 1 0 1862.2
2009 Q3 605 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,303 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 113 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,702 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,739 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,604 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 747 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,154 1 0 866.6
2007 Q3 1,248 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,218 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,692 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,945 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,690 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,503 2 1 570.9
2006 Q1 1,237 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,742 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,010 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,075 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,227 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,470 8 0 2305.5
2004 Q3 3,395 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,843 2 0 703.5
2004 Q1 2,117 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,011 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,079 1 0 481.0
2003 Q2 2,627 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,796 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,908 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 730 1 0 1369.9
2002 Q2 3,031 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,402 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,493 7 2 2807.9
2001 Q3 3,058 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,006 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,287 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,254 5 0 2218.3
2000 Q3 3,519 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,590 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,149 3 0 952.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2006 · 1 incident

July 20, 2006 CO · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Lafarge West Incorporated · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Removing shims from cone crusher, finger was caught and the tip was partically amputated.

2004 · 1 incident

July 15, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge West Incorporated · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee caught his hand between a trailer edge and a piece of material that he was trying to put back in place. He was taken to the COMP doctor and five stitches were required to close the wound.

2002 · 1 incident

December 16, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Lafarge West Incorporated · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILLING HOLE WITH 3/8" DRILL. BIT JAMMED AND SPUN DRILL HANDLE. RIGHT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN HANDLE AND TRUCK BODY.

1999 · 1 incident

July 14, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Mobile Northern Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FELLOW EE WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT WITH A RAZOR NIFE, THE BLAD BROKE OFF AND WAS STICKING UP OUT OF BELT. EE WENT TO CLIMB ON BELT AND CUT TWO FINGERS ON RAZOR BLADE.

1997 · 1 incident

July 9, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Western-Mobile Northern Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING TO JOB SITE, HIT A BEAR.

1996 · 2 incidents

November 7, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western-Mobile Northern Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING ROCK OFF BELT WITHOUT GLOVES, ROCK SLIPPED HIT FINGERS.

1994 · 1 incident

August 12, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western-Mobile Northern Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION T WISTING A BOLT O FINGER TIP & A SHARP PIECE LACERATED THE SKIN REQUIRING SUTURES BOLT WAS IN ON IMPACT WRENCH

1992 · 1 incident

June 12, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Western-Mobile Northern Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE ALLEGES HE HURT HIS LOW BACK DUE TO BOUNCING AROUND IN LOADER SEAT.

1990 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on Northern Portable Plant #11

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.