Mining Incidents

Orr Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas A Joseph
Pueblo, Pueblo County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0504951

Orr Pit 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
23
citations
4
significant & substantial
$5,076
proposed penalties
$5,076
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
22
inspections on record
277
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: 277 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Orr Pit 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
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-12.
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 128 2 0 15625.0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 168 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 208 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 108 2 0 18518.5
2022 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 108 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 168 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 128 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 168 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 128 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 178 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 188 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 208 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 228 3 0 13157.9
2020 Q1 202 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 256 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 208 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 202 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 102 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 134 2 0 14925.4
2018 Q3 98 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 184 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 228 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 513 1 1 1949.3
2017 Q3 188 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 138 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 182 2 2 10989.0
2016 Q4 102 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 98 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 197 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 184 1 0 5434.8
2015 Q4 184 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 85 8 1 94117.6
2015 Q1 172 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 207 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 186 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 64 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 251 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 43 1 0 23255.8
2011 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 120 0 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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