Mining Incidents

SUMMIT CLAY PITS - L.C.I. Inc.: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

L.C.I. · Surface
Controlled by Michael Jon Vandenburg
Penrose, Fremont County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504710

SUMMIT CLAY PITS - L.C.I. Inc. has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 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 2012
9
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,697
proposed penalties
$100
paid to date
6% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,597 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
11
inspections on record
94
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: 94 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SUMMIT CLAY PITS - L.C.I. Inc. has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$100
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-06-15.
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.
11.1%
significant & substantial
11.1%
high negligence or reckless
11.1%
reasonably likely or greater
22.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.2% low, 66.7% moderate, 11.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 89% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 100%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
11%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2012-06-15.
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
WEST 2012-1078M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $2K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. L.C.I. 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 1
2013 2
2012 1
2007 1
2006 4
2005 4
2004 6
2003 7
2002 5
2001 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SUMMIT CLAY PITS - L.C.I. Inc. sits in Fremont County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Fremont County, Colorado · Population 49,394
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$61,027
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
2014 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 80 8 1 100000.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 49 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 99 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 86 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 57 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 124 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 124 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 114 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 159 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 154 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 155 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 392 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 228 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 158 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 107 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 54 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 82 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.