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Wyoming Hereford Ranch Pit: 106 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Don Kehn
Timnath, Larimer County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503839

Wyoming Hereford Ranch Pit has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987–2003
Latest incident
Aug 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
106
citations
34
significant & substantial
$34,055
proposed penalties
$21,108
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,947 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Don Kehn Construction Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
429
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: 429 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wyoming Hereford Ranch Pit has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 7 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
104 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-06-11.
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.
32.7%
significant & substantial
15.4%
high negligence or reckless
31.7%
reasonably likely or greater
49.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.6% low, 75.0% moderate, 15.4% 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.
19 citations taken to the federal commission · 18% of citations on record
  • Settled 15 · 79%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 5%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 3 · 16%
80%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
38%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $3K 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 2012-11-20.
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 2008-707M Settlement Manning 2009 $2K → $1K
WEST 2008-479M Settlement Manning 2009 $2K → $806
WEST20020421M Settlement Manning 2003 $1K → $990
WEST 2008-632M Settlement Manning 2009 $700 → $500
WEST 2008-480M Settlement Manning 2009 $408 → $300
WEST 2008-708M Default Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2019-06-12, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.6 0.23 Mechanic
2003-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.5 0.26 Cleanup Man
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Don Kehn Construction Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 0
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 2
2011 3
2010 2
2009 3
2008 2
2007 4
2006 2
2005 3
2004 2
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wyoming Hereford Ranch Pit sits in Larimer 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.
Larimer County, Colorado · Population 363,561
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$91,364
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
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 106 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 62 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 86 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 172 0 0 0.0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 142 1 0 7042.3
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 281 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 238 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 284 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 421 5 1 11876.5
2017 Q3 450 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 404 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 398 4 1 10050.3
2016 Q3 443 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 770 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 633 9 3 14218.0
2015 Q4 615 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 187 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 58 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 177 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 114 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 708 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 470 1 0 2127.7
2012 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 451 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 612 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 424 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 480 2 1 4166.7
2010 Q4 168 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 157 1 0 6369.4
2010 Q2 340 5 5 14705.9
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 64 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 168 2 0 11904.8
2009 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 860 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 456 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 542 17 4 31365.3
2007 Q3 939 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,884 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 544 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 689 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,055 10 5 9478.7
2006 Q2 711 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 820 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,626 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 612 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,216 1 0 822.4
2004 Q4 414 3 1 7246.4
2004 Q3 489 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 765 19 5 24836.6
2004 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 523 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,405 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,001 7 4 6993.0
2003 Q1 1,209 1 0 827.1
2002 Q4 1,457 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,866 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,646 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,124 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,215 10 3 8230.5
2001 Q2 1,299 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 461 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 554 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,139 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 778 8 1 10282.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 2 incidents

August 19, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Don Kehn Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

REPAIRING ROLLER ON CONVEYOR BELT, HE GOT TOO CLOSE AND HIS ARM GOT CAUGHT, PULLING HIM IN.

July 11, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Don Kehn Construction Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WORKING IN THE CRUSHER, HE WAS STUNG BY A BEE. ALLERGIC TO BEES - TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.

1987 · 1 incident

June 22, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Don Kehn Construction Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

IT IS ALLEGED H9 WAS SHOVELING AND RECEIVED AN ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN AFTER LESS THAN AN HOUR WORKED.