Mining Incidents

RIFLE PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Garfield County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504465

RIFLE PIT has $791 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1996–1998
Latest incident
Oct 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
14
citations
0
significant & substantial
$791
proposed penalties
$770
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $21 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
5
inspections on record
68
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: 68 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

RIFLE PIT has $791 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$791
proposed penalties
$770
current assessed
$770
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-06-11.
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
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 1,466 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,256 5 0 1535.6
2001 Q1 1,987 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,364 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,170 9 0 7692.3
2000 Q2 1,783 0 0 0.0
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 1,571 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1998 · 1 incident

October 15, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Roaring Fork Aggregates Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS PULLING OUT A SCREEN WHEN HE FELL OVER BACKWARDS LANDING HARD AND HITTING HIS ELBOW.

1996 · 1 incident

September 21, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roaring Fork Aggregates Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE HIT HIS KNEE CLIMBING DOWN OFF THE LOADER.

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