Mining Incidents

Providence Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Providence Mining LLC · Underground
Cripple Creek, Teller County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504827

Providence Mine has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2005–2011
Latest incident
Jul 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
43
citations
13
significant & substantial
$7,769
proposed penalties
$4,888
paid to date
63% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,881 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
29
inspections on record
520
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: 520 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Providence Mine has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-01-08.
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
2013 Q4 2,054 4 0 1947.4
2013 Q3 3,568 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 141 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 277 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,100 2 0 645.2
2012 Q3 4,819 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,193 1 0 238.5
2012 Q1 4,729 8 4 1691.7
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q4 10,887 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 8,584 5 2 582.5
2011 Q2 5,480 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,452 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q3 1,350 1 0 740.7
2006 Q2 2,700 1 0 370.4
2006 Q1 2,700 4 0 1481.5
2005 Q4 2,700 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,160 1 1 463.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 1 incident

July 26, 2011 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Providence Mining LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Employee was standing on a temporary platform to install safety barricades. He was not wearing fall protection. He stepped off the platform while pounding on a support timber and fell 7 feet to the tunnel floor.

2005 · 1 incident

July 29, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mucking machine operator MACHINERY
Unknown operator · Struck by flying object

An old station area was being inspected and mucked out. A rock was dislodged from the upper rib and struck the mucker or the shoulder and button resultion in a non penetrating abraison to bother area. There was no bleeding

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