Mining Incidents

PORTABLE CRUSHING PLANT #6 Metal/Non-Metal

Alamosa County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504111

PORTABLE CRUSHING PLANT #6 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
May 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
27
citations
13
significant & substantial
$8,501
proposed penalties
$8,501
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
5
inspections on record
103
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: 103 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 #6 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-05-08.
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
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 5,529 10 1 1808.6
2001 Q1 6,156 2 0 324.9
2000 Q4 7,215 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,993 2 2 222.4
2000 Q2 7,519 13 10 1729.0
2000 Q1 6,157 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident

May 26, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Southway Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAINTENANCE WAS BEING DONE ON THE PLANT, IT WAS NOT IN OPERATION. EE GOT HIS ARM CAUGHT IN THE TAIL PULLEY WHEN THE CONVEYOR WAS TURNED BACK ON.

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