Mining Incidents

Perry Pit / Portable Wash Sand Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Brighton, Weld County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504545

Perry Pit / Portable Wash Sand Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1994–2005
Latest incident
Jul 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
29
citations
11
significant & substantial
$3,234
proposed penalties
$3,234
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
13
inspections on record
175
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: 175 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Perry Pit / Portable Wash Sand Plant has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-05-17.
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
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,050 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,923 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,542 3 1 847.0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 1,048 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 423 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,100 1 1 909.1
2009 Q2 872 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,235 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,293 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,829 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,837 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,063 18 9 8725.2
2007 Q3 2,221 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,304 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,192 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,173 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,046 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 865 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,127 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,609 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,838 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,076 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,910 1 0 343.6
2004 Q3 2,692 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,751 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 893 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,793 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,251 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,241 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,650 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,847 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,235 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,414 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,415 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,762 2 0 1135.1
2001 Q3 3,424 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,629 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 672 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,218 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,517 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,254 4 0 1774.6
2000 Q1 2,159 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2005 · 1 incident

July 14, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Asphalt Paving Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE OPENED RADIATOR CAP ON CAT LOADER W/O RELEASING PRESSURE FIRST. HOT ENGINE

2004 · 1 incident

August 6, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Asphalt Paving Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

Steel pipe just cut free with cutting torch, fell onto oil can, releasing oil into air, ignited by cutting torch.

2002 · 2 incidents

July 18, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Asphalt Paving Company · Struck against a moving object

EE OPERATING EQUIPMENT, HIT BUMP, STRAINED HIS BACK.

February 27, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asphalt Paving Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

3/4" WATER HOSE WITH ICE. EE SHOCK HOSE ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN ICE, END STRUCK HIS LIP.

2001 · 1 incident

December 10, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Asphalt Paving Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A LONG BAR TO PRY A ROCK OUT OF A TAIL PULLEY. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIS THUMB.

1999 · 1 incident

November 17, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asphalt Paving Company · Ingestion of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INGESTED WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID.

1996 · 1 incident

June 7, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Asphalt Paving Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS WELDING SUPPORT LEGS TO THE FEEDER CONVEYOR FOR THE SCREEN. WELDING BURN ON LEFT ARM NEAR WATCH HAND AND LEFT ELBOW AND SOME UNDER LEFT ARM ON RIB CAGE.

1995 · 1 incident

October 23, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asphalt Paving Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO SLID OPEN THE FROZEN SHUT DOOR OF THE 71-B DRAGLINE. IN THE PROCESS, HE GOT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR JAM AND THE D RING.

1994 · 1 incident

August 29, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asphalt Paving Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS SHOVELING AT THE AND 2 THIS CONVEYOR BELT HE WAS SHOVELING WET SPAD. FELT HAS BACK LOCK UP AND WE TOOK HIM OR HE MAT US AT AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY OFFICE FOR CHECK UP. JUST A LIGHT STATIO N.

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