Mining Incidents

Portable Plant # 159 Metal/Non-Metal

Pioneer Sand Co Inc · Surface
florence, Fremont County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504786

Portable Plant # 159 has $3K 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
2010
Latest incident
Oct 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
22
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,625
proposed penalties
$2,625
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
26
inspections on record
233
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: 233 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 # 159 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-03-28.
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
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 515 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 561 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 488 1 0 2049.2
2017 Q4 921 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,296 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,221 0 0 0.0
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 1,082 1 0 924.2
2016 Q4 1,163 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 770 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,744 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,069 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,223 4 1 3270.6
2015 Q3 1,395 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,301 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 307 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,103 2 2 1813.2
2014 Q3 555 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,336 4 2 2994.0
2014 Q1 875 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,138 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,343 1 0 744.6
2013 Q2 1,106 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,082 1 0 924.2
2012 Q4 1,493 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,141 1 0 876.4
2012 Q1 1,110 1 0 900.9
2011 Q4 806 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,012 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 907 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 830 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,063 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,067 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,062 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 791 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 797 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 796 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 397 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 326 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 491 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,406 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,812 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,144 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,895 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,114 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,048 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,432 3 2 2095.0
2006 Q4 1,199 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 590 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 610 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,214 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,177 3 0 2548.9
2005 Q3 909 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 214 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 983 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,229 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,478 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,324 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2010 · 1 incident

October 5, 2010 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pioneer Sand Co Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was climbing down from operator compartment of a wheel loader when his foot on the ladder slipped. As a result he fell about 3 feet to the ground landing on his buttock and left hip. Weather conditions were sunny and dry. Employee is currently waiting for MRI test due to pain in back and legs.

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The full compliance file on Portable Plant # 159

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.