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117 WP: 143 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Eagle Materials Inc
Greeley, Weld County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503788

117 WP has $58K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1986–2024
Latest incident
Aug 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
143
citations
41
significant & substantial
$57,758
proposed penalties
$49,828
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,930 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Raptor Materials LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
58
inspections on record
775
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: 775 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2011-04-18.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

117 WP has $58K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 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.
$58K
proposed penalties
$50K
current assessed
$50K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
142 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $36K in penalties contested before the Commission, $28K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-20.
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.
28.9%
significant & substantial
6.3%
high negligence or reckless
28.9%
reasonably likely or greater
52.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.3% low, 82.4% moderate, 6.3% 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.
26 citations taken to the federal commission · 18% of citations on record
  • Settled 15 · 58%
  • Stood as issued 11 · 42%
94%
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 16 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
22%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$36K proposed, $28K 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 2024-01-14.
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 2015-0105 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $19K → $13K
WEST 2024-0105 Dismissal Sullivan 2024 $6K → $6K
WEST 2020-0197 Settlement Miller 2020 $4K → $3K
WEST 2016-0637 Dismissal Manning 2016 $2K → $2K
WEST 2019-0307 Settlement Gill 2019 $2K → $2K
WEST 2019-0485 Settlement Simonton 2019 $2K → $2K
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: 2023-10-25
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz62 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
Show the individual readings (18)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-04-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.43 1.19 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-04-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.68 0.62 1.10 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-04-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.58 0.55 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-11-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.8 0.30 Belt Cleaner
2002-11-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.64 0.36 Belt Cleaner
2002-11-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.96 0.18 Utility 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.

117 WP recorded 5.14 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
5.14
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Colorado, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.78 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2024 * 5.14 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 4.06 0.00 0.000
2020 * 6.62 6.62 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Construction Leasing Investment Company 1982 to 1991
  2. Varra Companies Inc 1991 to 2022
  3. Raptor Materials LLC 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 2
2024 15
2023 19
2022 19
2021 11
2020 13
2019 17
2018 9
2017 9
2016 10
2015 9
2014 6
2013 9
2012 8
2011 9
2010 11
2009 18
2008 19
2007 19
2006 20
2005 13
2004 19
2003 14
2002 10
2001 11
2000 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

117 WP sits in Weld County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Weld County, Colorado · Population 340,711
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$93,287
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
2025 Q1 1,850 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,873 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,879 4 1 450.5
2024 Q2 11,953 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 11,168 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 15,845 10 5 631.1
2023 Q3 14,722 1 1 67.9
2023 Q2 16,493 0 0 0.0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1 11,873 3 0 252.7
2022 Q4 11,487 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 18,505 2 0 108.1
2022 Q2 14,026 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 12,889 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 15,039 10 0 664.9
2021 Q3 8,521 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 15,361 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 10,298 3 2 291.3
2020 Q4 13,093 1 0 76.4
2020 Q3 16,985 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 15,093 3 0 198.8
2020 Q1 15,292 3 1 196.2
2019 Q4 16,877 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 18,284 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 11,064 15 6 1355.7
2019 Q1 7,568 7 4 924.9
2018 Q4 4,631 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,650 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,829 2 0 255.5
2018 Q1 7,878 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,902 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,619 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,070 1 0 164.7
2017 Q1 6,150 9 1 1463.4
2016 Q4 4,906 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 7,548 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 8,439 2 1 237.0
2016 Q1 6,301 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,810 4 1 688.5
2015 Q3 6,268 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,051 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,475 2 0 446.9
2014 Q4 4,035 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,240 2 1 617.3
2014 Q2 4,086 6 1 1468.4
2014 Q1 4,478 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,907 2 0 407.6
2013 Q3 5,588 8 3 1431.6
2013 Q2 5,664 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,068 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 7,318 4 3 546.6
2012 Q3 6,812 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,880 1 0 145.3
2012 Q1 5,492 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,892 1 0 204.4
2011 Q3 5,069 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,273 4 1 936.1
2011 Q1 3,892 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,163 5 1 811.3
2010 Q3 4,288 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,297 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,607 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,357 2 1 314.6
2009 Q3 6,142 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,090 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,938 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 9,193 3 0 326.3
2008 Q3 8,723 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,648 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,571 1 0 132.1
2007 Q4 8,001 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,777 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 10,685 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 9,801 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,294 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 10,201 1 0 98.0
2006 Q2 11,489 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 9,491 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 9,974 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,740 8 3 2919.7
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 10,762 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,101 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 9,480 1 0 105.5
2004 Q1 8,177 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 10,037 2 0 199.3
2003 Q3 6,587 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,618 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,294 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,783 6 2 770.9
2002 Q3 5,787 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,645 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,695 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,423 4 2 538.9
2001 Q3 7,459 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,286 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,795 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,606 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,666 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 11,667 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,823 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2024 · 1 incident

August 22, 2024 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Raptor Materials LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The mechanic was changing a leaking excavator hose and felt a pop in EE's knee.

2021 · 1 incident

October 14, 2021 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Varra Companies Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While moving a lift chain, the pip it was wrapped around rolled pulling the hook through the left thumb

2020 · 2 incidents

October 9, 2020 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Varra Companies Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Wet Plant was shut down in order to remove some jammed rocks from tail pulley on cone cross over belt on wash/plant, plant was unexpected turned on and hand got caught in the belt, because of a language barrier the co-worker thought they wanted the bump over turned on to move the rock. This caused EE's hand to get caught up in screen

January 13, 2020 CO · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager POWERED HAULAGE
Varra Companies Inc · Struck against a moving object

Driving down a road that the Haul Trucks drive, hit a patch of ice and slid into a berm turning the truck on side.

2016 · 1 incident

April 8, 2016 CO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Varra Companies Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was on top of water truck turned to go down the ladder, hooked my right boot under lip of tank on top of step and lost balance. Fell down backwards hitting the ladder with back on the way down and landed on right hand and left side of face resulting in a broken right wrist and cut above my left temple.

2007 · 2 incidents

December 20, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Varra Companies Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Clay picker (strained back) removing clay from moving conveyor.

August 13, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Varra Companies Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He stepped down from work platform to main cone work platform - turned ankle - did not place foot on work platform.

2004 · 1 incident

June 28, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Varra Companies Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Repairing hydraulic pump on 980 Cat loader. Foot slipped, lower left leg sustained contusion. Diagnostic x-ray, Celebrex for pain.

2003 · 1 incident

September 8, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator MACHINERY
Varra Companies Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING DOZER, ROLLED UP ON ROCK AS HE WAS BACKING, BRUISED SIDE ON SEAT.

2002 · 2 incidents

September 10, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Varra Companies Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING 3# HAMMER ON 10" SNAP ON CHIESEL-SMALL PIECE OF CHIESEL BROKE OFF, PUNCTURED, LEFT INDEX FINGER. LEAVING PIECE OF METAL EMBEDDED.

January 18, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Varra Companies Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PICKING FROZEN MATERIAL FROM HOPPER W/ BAR. BAR BOUNCED BACK, HIT RIGHT EAR CAUSING CONTUSION AND ABRASION.

2001 · 2 incidents

August 13, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Varra Companies Inc · Struck by falling object

CHANGING BATTERY ON SCRAPER - COVER TO BATTERIES FELL APPROXIMATELY 5' ONTO FOOT.

1987 · 1 incident

January 13, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Construction Leasing Investment Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS FE9DING CRUSHER WITH DOZER AND GRAVEL PARTICLES GOT INTO LEFT EYE.EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

1986 · 4 incidents

November 10, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Construction Leasing Investment Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE CUTTIN1 PLASTIC WITH STANLY KNIFE,KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING LEFT LEG-LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES.

February 13, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Construction Leasing Investment Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DURING SHIFT.RE1AIRED IMMEDIATELY UPON DICOVER.