Rich Pit has $4K 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
2
Years on record
1997–2024
Latest incident
Nov 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
21
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,941
proposed penalties
$3,941
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
14
inspections on record
229
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: 229 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rich Pit has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-09.
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
2025 Q4
2,908
3
0
1031.6
2025 Q3
2,479
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
3,596
2
0
556.2
2025 Q1
3,686
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
3,961
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
3,241
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
3,698
1
0
270.4
2024 Q1
2,719
1
0
367.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
3,620
1
0
276.2
2023 Q3
4,064
1
0
246.1
2023 Q2
4,462
6
4
1344.7
2023 Q1
4,282
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
4,332
2
0
461.7
2022 Q3
4,850
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
4,618
4
1
866.2
2022 Q1
3,471
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
4,731
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
4,061
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
3,720
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
261
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
1,531
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
0
0
0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2024 · 1 incident
November 6, 2024CO · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS PRIMING THE PUMP FOR THE WASH PLANT PRIOR TO STARTUP. AS HE WAS PUTTING THE CAP BACK ON, HE HAD ANOTHER EE START THE PUMP AND THE CAP BLEW OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE.
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