Mining Incidents

Milner Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Milner, Routt County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0504641

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2007–2018
Latest incident
May 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
86
citations
32
significant & substantial
$17,730
proposed penalties
$17,126
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 3,076 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,943 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,072 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 3 0
2024 Q4 2,970 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,237 4 2 1235.7
2024 Q2 1,719 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2018 · 1 incident

May 3, 2018 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Precision Excavating, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The truck driver was dumping a load of pit run and the tailgate jammed and would not latch. The driver went to clear the debris from the latch and it closed on EE's finger requiring 5 stitches.

2007 · 4 incidents

August 23, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Precision Excavating, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

5:30 pm fueling loader without operator knowing that he was fueling loader. Some truck came into pit. Operator got in the loader and started to take off. The hose was in. He tried to remove hose and fractured his thumb.

March 30, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Precision Excavating, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stepped in low spot in the ground causing a twist to knee.