Mining Incidents

Portable Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by George W Hall
windsor, Weld County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504516

Portable Plant #1 has $6K 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
10
Years on record
1996–2007
Latest incident
Jun 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
21
citations
4
significant & substantial
$6,446
proposed penalties
$5,586
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $860 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
12
inspections on record
170
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: 170 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 Plant #1 has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-04-20.
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
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 3,838 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,354 7 3 1607.7
2007 Q1 2,648 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,363 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,553 2 0 360.2
2006 Q2 5,750 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,612 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 5,702 1 0 175.4
2005 Q3 6,375 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,072 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,445 1 0 183.7
2004 Q4 8,799 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,699 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,666 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,190 6 1 1156.1
2003 Q4 4,755 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,032 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,154 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,123 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,722 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,062 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,838 4 0 685.2
2002 Q1 4,765 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,360 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,771 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2007 · 1 incident

June 8, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee was moving and picking up debris on the site and felt a pop in his arm. He was then greasing the following week and felt a pain shooting down his arm.

2004 · 1 incident

May 21, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

The ee cut his right index finger on a screen while changing it.

2003 · 1 incident

July 23, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING THE SCREENS TO A SCREEN DECK WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH. HE WAS SWEATING & HE WIPED HIS BROW. HE FELT SOMETHING ON HIS EYELASH, AND WHEN HE WIPED HIS LASHES, HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.

2002 · 2 incidents

March 28, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS WORKING AT THE WELDING TODDLE AT THE SITE AND A BEE STUNG HIM ON THE HAND HIS HAND SWELLED TO DOUBLE THE SIZE AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DR THE NEXT DAY.

March 15, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MINER WAS USING A HAMMER TO KNOCK OFF A LOADER TOOTH & THE HAMMER FLEW UP & HIT THE WORKER ON THE UPPER CHEEK.

2001 · 1 incident

July 9, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE OVERSIZED ROCK IN A CHUTE. HE USED A SHOVEL AND WHEN THE ROCKS DISLODGED ONE CAME DOWN AND HIT HIS FINGER.

1998 · 1 incident

June 4, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO SET UP A NEW WASH PLANT. ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON THE EMPLOYEE FELT DISCOMFORT IN HIS ARM WHICH PERSISTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

1997 · 2 incidents

December 17, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Struck by powered moving object

AN EMPLOYEE DROVE HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE BEHIND THE EMPLOYEE GREASING HIS LOADER. THE DRIVER GOT TOO CLOSE AND BUMPED THE LOADER OPERATOR'S KNEE.

May 29, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMP WAS RUNNING TO SHUT OFF CONVEYOR SYSTEM AND TRIPPED OVER SUPPORT BEAM HITTING THE TOP OF HISFOOT.

1996 · 1 incident

April 1, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING SUPPLIES FROM A GANG BOX WHEN THE WIND BLEW THE LID SHUT, CUTTING HIS RIGHT HAND.

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The full compliance file on Portable Plant #1

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.