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Orlando Pit: 62 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Huerfano County-CO
Walsenburg, Huerfano County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0504113

Orlando Pit has $7K 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
1997
Latest incident
Apr 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
62
citations
11
significant & substantial
$7,345
proposed penalties
$7,345
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Huerfano County Government's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
41
inspections on record
545
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: 545 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Orlando Pit has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-31.
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.
17.7%
significant & substantial
6.5%
high negligence or reckless
17.7%
reasonably likely or greater
48.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.9% low, 80.6% moderate, 6.5% 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: 2024-11-21
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
Show the individual readings (27)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-11-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-11-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2024-11-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-14 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-07-14 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-07-14 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-07-14 Iron oxide fumes 0.11 10 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-07-14 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-07-14 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-07-14 Manganese fumes 0.02 5 0.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-07-14 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-07-14 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-07-14 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-07-14 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-07-14 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-07-14 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-07-14 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-12-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 Bulldozer Operator
2020-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-07-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.3 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-09-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-03-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-03-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2014-04-30, 12 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2014-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
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. Huerfano County Government 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Orlando Pit sits in Huerfano County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Huerfano County, Colorado · Population 6,946
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$52,139
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
2026 Q2 534 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 510 4 2 7843.1
2025 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 578 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 558 1 1 1792.1
2025 Q1 312 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 540 2 1 3703.7
2024 Q3 438 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 546 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 264 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 422 3 0 7109.0
2023 Q3 632 3 0 4746.8
2023 Q2 502 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 336 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 515 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 775 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 468 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 270 1 0 3703.7
2021 Q4 630 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 594 3 0 5050.5
2021 Q2 497 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 294 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 342 3 0 8771.9
2020 Q3 552 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 424 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 508 1 1 1968.5
2019 Q4 501 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 734 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 694 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 246 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 286 2 0 6993.0
2018 Q3 185 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 524 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 498 3 0 6024.1
2017 Q4 400 1 0 2500.0
2017 Q3 699 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 408 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 352 2 0 5681.8
2016 Q4 436 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 354 5 1 14124.3
2016 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 664 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 474 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 631 1 0 1584.8
2015 Q2 483 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 352 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 454 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 592 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 596 2 0 3355.7
2014 Q1 574 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 335 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 186 2 0 10752.7
2013 Q2 348 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 84 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 378 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 426 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 238 1 1 4201.7
2012 Q1 498 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 307 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 677 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 791 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 450 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 545 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 530 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 588 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 121 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 343 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 518 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 457 3 2 6564.6
2009 Q1 385 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 577 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 649 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 505 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 229 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 391 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 491 3 0 6110.0
2007 Q2 265 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 139 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 373 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 388 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 483 1 0 2070.4
2005 Q4 347 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 495 1 0 2020.2
2005 Q2 461 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 399 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 457 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 455 1 1 2197.8
2004 Q2 394 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 243 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 715 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 661 4 1 6051.4
2003 Q2 510 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 380 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 375 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 350 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 460 3 0 6521.7
2001 Q4 510 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 485 6 0 12371.1
2001 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 475 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 425 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1997 · 1 incident

April 21, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Huerfano County Government · Struck by flying object

WHILE CHANGING A BEARING ON THE FEED HOPPER SOME FINE SAND GOT IN EE S RIGHT EYE. SCRATCHING THE LENS.