Mining Incidents

SCREENING PLANT: 3 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James H Kirkland
Rye, Pueblo County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504683

SCREENING PLANT has $860 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
3
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Aug 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
3
citations
1
significant & substantial
$860
proposed penalties
$710
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $150 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
3
inspections on record
28
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: 28 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SCREENING PLANT has $860 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.
$860
proposed penalties
$710
current assessed
$710
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $750 in penalties contested before the Commission, $600 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-03-27.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
33.3%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 66.7% moderate, 33.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST20020230M Settlement Cetti 2002 $750 → $600
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Kirkland Construction LLLP 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 3
2004 1
2003 2
2002 5
2001 7
2000 18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SCREENING PLANT sits in Pueblo County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Pueblo County, Colorado · Population 168,726
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,250
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
2005 Q4 923 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,083 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 201 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 649 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,092 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 1,748 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,346 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,029 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,377 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 719 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 942 3 1 3184.7
2000 Q4 8,558 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 12,507 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2001 · 3 incidents

August 23, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kirkland Construction LLLP · Struck against stationary object

EE LOST HIS BALANCE AFTER CLIMBING OUT OF A LOADER. HE CUT HIS FINGER ON A PIECE OF METAL.

March 16, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kirkland Construction LLLP · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REMOVING MATERIAL WHICH HAD BUILT UP NEAR A GUARDED RETURN IDLER THE PRY BAR INADVERTENTLY CAME INTO CONTACT BETWEEN THE EDLER AND THE BELT CAUSING THE PRY BAR AND THE EE S HAND AND ARM TO BE PULLED BETWEEN THE BELT AND RETURN IDLER THE EE RECEIVED ABRASIONS TO HIS RIGHT HAND AND ARM.