Mining Incidents

Northern Portable Plant #4 Metal/Non-Metal

Devner, Larimer County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504320

Northern Portable Plant #4 has $5K 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
5
Years on record
1996–2001
Latest incident
Jan 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
18
citations
5
significant & substantial
$5,449
proposed penalties
$5,449
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
22
inspections on record
231
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: 231 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 #4 has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-08-11.
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 816 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 756 4 3 5291.0
2014 Q2 449 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1 79 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 663 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 617 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,128 1 0 886.5
2013 Q1 367 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 293 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 994 1 0 1006.0
2012 Q2 846 3 0 3546.1
2012 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 336 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 92 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 448 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 248 1 0 4032.3
2010 Q3 282 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 986 1 0 1014.2
2010 Q1 275 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 96 1 0 10416.7
2009 Q3 275 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 376 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 637 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 899 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,169 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 1,428 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,639 1 0 610.1
2006 Q3 2,087 1 0 479.2
2006 Q2 1,192 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 1,294 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,342 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,305 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 636 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,296 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 263 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 1,803 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,893 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,032 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,382 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,199 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,557 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,156 3 1 2595.2
2000 Q4 1,395 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,246 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,035 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,522 1 1 657.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2001 · 1 incident

2000 · 2 incidents

August 22, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Northern Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING PUMP FROM UNDER WASH PLANT, STEEL RAIL PUMP SECTION STARTED TO TIP OVER, TRIED TO STOP IT, BROKE WRIST. XRAY POSITIVE/CAST.

1996 · 2 incidents

October 31, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western-Mobile Northern Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER WITH KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT LEG [1 STITCH]

March 29, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western-Mobile Northern Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT LEG WHILE CUTTING RUBBER BELTING WITH UTILITY KNIFE.

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