Pit 23-Fairplay has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $245 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2018
Latest incident
Sep 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
99
citations
17
significant & substantial
$32,831
proposed penalties
$28,604
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,227 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
26
inspections on record
604
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: 604 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Pit 23-Fairplay has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $245 outstanding across 1 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.
$33K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$29K
paid to date
$245
outstanding
95 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-07.
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
10,428
1
0
95.9
2025 Q3
11,563
7
2
605.4
2025 Q2
12,151
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
9,668
1
0
103.4
2024 Q4
10,657
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
7,773
15
1
1929.8
2024 Q2
10,445
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
7,259
4
2
551.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
7,806
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
9,586
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
8,890
6
2
674.9
2023 Q1
7,013
5
0
713.0
2022 Q4
7,809
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
9,095
1
1
110.0
2022 Q2
11,159
17
2
1523.4
2022 Q1
8,753
4
0
457.0
2021 Q4
8,831
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
8,402
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
7,468
3
0
401.7
2021 Q1
5,188
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
4,931
3
0
608.4
2020 Q3
8,234
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
8,497
5
1
588.4
2020 Q1
4,761
6
3
1260.2
2019 Q4
4,167
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
6,343
2
0
315.3
2019 Q2
6,802
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5,010
4
1
798.4
2018 Q4
5,108
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
7,244
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
8,029
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
6,861
1
1
145.8
2017 Q4
5,470
5
1
914.1
2017 Q3
6,494
3
0
462.0
2017 Q2
497
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2018 · 1 incident
September 4, 2018CO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSTRIKING OR BUMPING
Employee was working/welding in tight area on tunnel feeder, stepped back and hit lower part of their head on an I-beam.
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