Mining Incidents

Snowstorm Portable Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Peak Materials · Surface
Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
Empire, Clear Creek County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0501013

Snowstorm Portable Plant has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
May 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
15
significant & substantial
$13,626
proposed penalties
$7,109
paid to date
52% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,517 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
27
inspections on record
292
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: 292 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Snowstorm Portable Plant has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-03-08.
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
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 612 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 402 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 331 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 871 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 2 0
2017 Q4 284 1 0 3521.1
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 1,355 3 0 2214.0
2017 Q2 1,191 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 496 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,739 8 4 4600.3
2016 Q3 1,711 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,191 5 1 4198.2
2016 Q1 1,019 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,015 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,221 4 1 1801.0
2015 Q2 1,988 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,033 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,009 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,864 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,210 3 1 1357.5
2014 Q1 659 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,443 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,791 2 1 1116.7
2013 Q2 2,307 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,309 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,700 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,867 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,533 2 0 1304.6
2012 Q1 1,052 1 0 950.6
2011 Q4 1,414 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,463 1 1 683.5
2011 Q2 1,263 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,229 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,602 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,426 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,845 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,676 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,486 7 2 4710.6
2009 Q3 1,539 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 459 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,647 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,910 1 0 523.6
2008 Q3 2,814 2 1 710.7
2008 Q2 2,626 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 2,373 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,572 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,894 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,904 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,691 1 1 371.6
2006 Q3 3,171 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,971 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,491 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,900 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,744 2 0 728.9
2005 Q2 2,799 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,401 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,487 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,573 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,853 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,167 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,504 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,258 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,007 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 941 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,441 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,469 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 930 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 570 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,407 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,741 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,456 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 912 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 976 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,040 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,142 2 2 933.7
2000 Q1 973 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

May 26, 2009 CO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Everist Materials, LLC · Fall from ladders

Climbing down a ladder, stopped to re-hook safety chains. Stepped on power cables hanging against the ladder. Fell appox. 4 ft to 5 ft injuring right shoulder.

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