R.J. Campbell's Pit #1 has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1992–2008
Latest incident
Jun 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
107
citations
36
significant & substantial
$43,156
proposed penalties
$30,332
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,824 gap.
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: 480 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
R.J. Campbell's Pit #1 has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 3 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$34K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
107 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $29K in penalties contested before the Commission, $13K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-11-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
17citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
Settled
13 · 76%
Stood as issued
4 · 24%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 11 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
61%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$35K proposed, $14K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2005-06-21.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2005-01-26, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-01-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-26
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
Truck Driver
2005-01-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bobcat Operator
2005-01-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-10-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.41
0.39
Utility Man
2001-10-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
0.54
0.63
Utility Man
2001-10-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
R.J. Campbell's Pit #1 recorded 9.87 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.87
total case rate
9.87
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Colorado, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.10 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2008 *
9.87
9.87
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
7.70
7.70
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2009
1
2008
11
2007
10
2006
13
2005
13
2004
10
2003
13
2002
18
2001
21
2000
25
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
R.J. Campbell's Pit #1 sits in Weld County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.4% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Weld County, Colorado · Population 340,711
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$93,287
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2009 Q4
0
0
0
2009 Q3
0
0
0
2009 Q2
920
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
4,100
2
0
487.8
2008 Q3
780
1
0
1282.1
2008 Q2
8,274
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
7,104
1
0
140.8
2007 Q3
6,600
2
0
303.0
Show 25 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1
4,759
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
6,974
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
8,960
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
8,461
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
8,324
1
0
120.1
2005 Q4
8,255
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
8,277
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
6,831
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
8,311
17
5
2045.5
2004 Q4
7,119
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
7,462
9
5
1206.1
2004 Q2
6,200
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
5,180
12
1
2316.6
2003 Q3
2,800
11
4
3928.6
2003 Q2
7,680
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
10,318
13
5
1259.9
2002 Q4
10,623
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
11,806
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
11,333
6
4
529.4
2002 Q1
9,232
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
8,209
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,576
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
10,075
4
2
397.0
2000 Q2
10,367
15
7
1446.9
2000 Q1
11,897
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
15 on file
2008 · 1 incident
June 9, 2008CO · Metal/Non-Metalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HE SLIPPED AND HIT RIGHT ELBOW ON EQUIPMENT HE WAS EXITING. HE WAS UNSURE HOW THIS HAPPENED. THE EQUIPMENT IS EQUIPPED WITH HANDRAILS AND SAFETY STEPS. RIGHT ELBOW WAS BRUISED. HE SAID HE SLIP PED. THERE WERE NO OTHER WITNESSES TO THIS OCCURRANCE.
November 17, 1992CO · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HIT HOLE WITH LOADER TIRE. BOUNCED AROUND IN SEAT.
February 12, 1992CO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Aggregate Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE DID NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TO REGULATE THE PAI MIXTURE. AIR MIXTURE WAS WRONG AND HEATER STARTED TO EMITT DIESEL SMOKE WHICH EMPLOYEE BREIFLY INHALED AND MADE HIM SICK.