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
Portable Crushing Plant #5 Metal/Non-Metal
Southway Construction Co. Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Estate of Henry T. Southway Jr.
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
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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
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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.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
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| 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
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