Mining Incidents

RANGELY PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Ace West Trucking · Surface
Controlled by Donald O Rooks Jr
RANGELY, Rio Blanco County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504650

RANGELY PIT has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
92
citations
40
significant & substantial
$20,997
proposed penalties
$11,900
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,097 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
208
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: 208 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

RANGELY PIT has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-09-13.
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 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 389 1 0 2570.7
2006 Q2 162 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 580 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,140 40 15 35087.7
2005 Q2 1,673 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,289 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,282 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 860 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,440 18 7 12500.0
2003 Q3 1,280 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 489 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,560 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,820 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 720 10 7 13888.9
2001 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 37 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,280 4 0 3125.0
2000 Q2 51 19 11 372549.0
2000 Q1 5 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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