Mining Incidents

Portable Crushing Plant #5 Metal/Non-Metal

Cripple Creek, Adams County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504110

Portable Crushing Plant #5 has $69K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 12 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Apr 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
97
citations
42
significant & substantial
$69,294
proposed penalties
$48,862
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20,432 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
690
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: 690 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable Crushing Plant #5 has $69K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 12 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.
$69K
proposed penalties
$49K
current assessed
$49K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-12-10.
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
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 2 0
2014 Q3 768 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 493 10 8 20284.0
2014 Q1 2,106 6 4 2849.0
2013 Q4 41 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,814 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,374 8 5 5822.4
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4 277 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,245 7 5 3118.0
2012 Q1 655 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,065 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,553 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 2 1
2010 Q4 177 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 338 5 1 14792.9
2010 Q2 334 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,976 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 445 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,333 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,538 1 0 650.2
2009 Q1 1,538 14 5 9102.7
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 628 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 302 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,325 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,769 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,330 9 2 2702.7
2006 Q4 2,630 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,369 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,990 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,225 6 1 1860.5
2005 Q4 3,887 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,296 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,801 1 0 263.1
2005 Q1 2,563 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,865 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,535 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,917 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,392 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,907 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,659 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,528 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,550 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,217 1 0 451.1
2002 Q3 2,227 2 1 898.1
2002 Q2 2,133 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,153 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,139 3 1 955.7
2001 Q3 4,433 3 2 676.7
2001 Q2 4,602 3 2 651.9
2001 Q1 2,890 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,075 12 4 2944.8
2000 Q3 4,995 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,791 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,357 2 0 459.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 25, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Southway Construction Co. Inc. · Struck by falling object

THE VICTIM, A LOADER OPERATOR, WAS CLEANING MATERIAL FROM A STACKER CONVEYOR WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK ONE OF THE LEG SUPPORTS, KNOCKING THE CONVEYOR OVER. A SECOND LOADER OPERATOR WAS SUMMONED TO LIFT & RESET THE CONVEYOR. THE RIGGING FAILED AND THE CONVEYOR FELL, STRIKING THE VICTIM AS HE WALKED UNDER THE RAISED CONVEYOR

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