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: 114 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Overlook Mine has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $13K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-02-27.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
11citations taken to the federal commission · 32% of citations on record
Settled
9 · 82%
Stood as issued
2 · 18%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
17%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$13K proposed, $11K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-02-25.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2017-07-06, 9 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-07-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-07-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2019
0
2018
2
2017
2
2016
2
2015
3
2011
1
2010
3
2009
2
2008
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Overlook Mine sits in Grand County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Grand County, Colorado · Population 15,794
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$84,558
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
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
1,925
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
826
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
40
1
0
25000.0
2017 Q3
82
3
0
36585.4
2017 Q2
197
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
1,049
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
620
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,375
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,170
1
0
854.7
2015 Q4
954
2
0
2096.4
2015 Q3
964
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,020
2
0
990.1
2015 Q1
1,140
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
0
0
0
2011 Q2
975
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
160
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
1,541
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
398
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
1,809
2
1
1105.6
2009 Q3
1,664
9
7
5408.7
2009 Q2
0
1
0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
650
9
1
13846.2
2008 Q2
1,795
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2009 · 1 incident
November 3, 2009CO · Metal/Non-Metalcleanup man, cleanup workerPOWERED HAULAGE
Overlook Mine, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
For unknown reasons, miner attempted to clean possible debris from magnet belt. His hand was caught inbetween the belt and pulley, causing lacerations to the left hand, with full recovery expected.