Mining Incidents

Salt Canyon Metal/Non-Metal

GCC Rio Grande Inc · Surface
Controlled by GCC SAB de CV
Penrose, Fremont County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504974

Salt Canyon has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10 outstanding across 0 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 2013
11
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,181
proposed penalties
$1,171
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
12
inspections on record
111
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: 111 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Salt Canyon has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$10
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-11-26.
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
2018 Q4 133 2 1 15037.6
2018 Q3 249 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 208 1 0 4807.7
2018 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 68 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 450 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 944 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 280 1 0 3571.4
2015 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 320 1 0 3125.0
2014 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 496 3 0 6048.4
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 768 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,007 2 0 1986.1
2013 Q1 528 1 0 1893.9
2012 Q4 724 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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