Mining Incidents

High Plains Sand & Gravel LLC operator

Controlled by Robert Pittington Sr; Robert Pittington Jr
MSHA operator ID: 0050829

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
48
citations
16
significant & substantial
$6,349
proposed penalties
$5,447
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2002
1 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
October 12, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
High Plains Sand & Gravel LLC · Struck by powered moving object

THE FRONT-END LOADER OPERATOR WAS BACK-FILLING AROUND A NEWLY INSTALLED TRUCK SCALE WHEN HE BACKED OVER THE VICTIM WITH THE LOADER, WHICH RESULTED IN A FATAL INJURY.