Mining Incidents

O'Rourke Pit at South Fork Metal/Non-Metal

O'Rourke Excavating · Surface
Controlled by Thomas O'Rourke
South Fork, Rio Grande County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0505031

O'Rourke Pit at South Fork has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
16
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,078
proposed penalties
$2,078
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
14
inspections on record
165
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: 165 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

O'Rourke Pit at South Fork has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-08.
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
2025 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 152 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 79 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 105 5 0 47619.0
2024 Q3 178 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 199 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 126 2 0 15873.0
2023 Q3 28 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 34 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 32 1 0 31250.0
2021 Q2 67 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 216 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 185 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 69 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 178 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 118 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 52 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 47 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 122 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 74 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 57 2 0 35087.7
2016 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 20 6 1 300000.0
2016 Q1 35 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 54 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 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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