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Bennett Pit, Weld County, Colorado: 25 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Bennett Pit is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Weld County, Colorado, operated by Northern Colorado Constructors, Inc. with 14 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 0504785). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 25 citations and orders there with $4,351 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 0504785
- Status
- Active since April 16, 2026
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Weld County, Colorado
- Nearest town
- Fort Lupton
- Operator
- Northern Colorado Constructors, Inc.
- Employees
- 14
- MSHA field office
- Denver CO Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 25
- Significant and substantial
- 5 (20.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 2
- Proposed penalties
- $4,351
- Amount paid so far
- $4,351
- Inspections
- 13
- Inspector hours on site
- 68
- Citations per inspection
- 1.92 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 4, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | $665 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | $719 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | $1,322 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | $495 | 1 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 | $1,150 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Bennett Pit
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14109 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14205 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.16005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12030 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12018 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 50.20-1 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Bennett Pit
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
What the accident reports at Bennett Pit describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Bennett Pit
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
Other open mines in Weld County, Colorado
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Weld Gravel Pit | C & H Excavation LLC | Weld County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 10 | 58 |
| 115 WP | Raptor Materials LLC | Weld County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 20 | 56 |
| Keenesburg #2 | Colorado Sand Company | Weld County, CO | Sand, industrial | 85 | 39 |
| Portable Crusher #1 | Mill Iron Mining | Weld County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 9 | 38 |
| Inouye Gravel Mine | Burnco | Weld County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 9 | 29 |
| Portable Plant 1 | Laser Oilfield Services | Weld County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 28 |
| Ragsdale Reservoirs | L G Everist Inc | Weld County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 23 |
| Riverbend Sand and Gravel | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | Weld County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 23 | 21 |
| Pit 25-Morton Lakes | Ready Mixed Concrete Company | Weld County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 22 | 21 |
| Fort Lupton Sand & Gravel | L G Everist Inc | Weld County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 17 |
| Portable Crusher #1 | Connell Resources, Inc. | Weld County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 10 | 15 |
| Bucklen Equipment Company Incorporated | Bucklen Equipment Company Incorporated | Weld County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 15 |
| Denm | Monarch Mountain Minerals & Aggregates, LLC | Weld County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 14 |
| Green/Croissant | Loveland Ready Mix Concrete Inc | Weld County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 13 |
| Vip Mine | Vip Mine LLC | Weld County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 11 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.