Mining Incidents

Amrize Distel Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Longmont, Weld County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0504476

Amrize Distel Plant has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $555 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
23
Years on record
1992–2023
Latest incident
Feb 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
189
citations
39
significant & substantial
$59,309
proposed penalties
$58,295
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,014 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
70
inspections on record
1,201
inspection hours
15.7
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.
189 citations across 1,201 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Amrize Distel Plant has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $555 outstanding across 6 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.
$59K
proposed penalties
$59K
current assessed
$58K
paid to date
$555
outstanding
184 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 Q4 4,620 1 0 216.5
2025 Q3 5,593 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,565 2 1 304.6
2025 Q1 6,364 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,378 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,773 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 6,703 2 0 298.4
2024 Q1 6,736 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 7,019 2 0 284.9
2023 Q3 8,577 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,227 5 0 541.9
2023 Q1 7,798 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 9,825 5 0 508.9
2022 Q3 6,560 3 1 457.3
2022 Q2 8,194 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,847 9 1 1539.3
2021 Q4 8,522 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,358 5 0 679.5
2021 Q2 8,022 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 7,178 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6,355 8 1 1258.9
2020 Q3 6,877 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,986 1 0 167.1
2020 Q1 6,250 2 0 320.0
2019 Q4 5,945 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8,153 13 1 1594.5
2019 Q2 4,482 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,914 1 0 203.5
2018 Q4 6,009 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,623 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,661 1 0 214.5
2018 Q1 7,405 4 1 540.2
2017 Q4 6,185 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,193 8 2 1540.5
2017 Q2 5,557 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,003 6 3 1199.3
2016 Q4 4,986 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,921 7 3 1182.2
2016 Q2 5,561 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,129 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,514 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,198 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,669 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,334 3 2 692.2
2014 Q4 3,657 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,804 3 1 788.6
2014 Q2 2,930 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,525 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,254 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,457 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,302 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,323 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,354 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,406 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,820 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,769 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,201 1 0 454.3
2011 Q3 2,491 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,596 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,078 4 1 1924.9
2010 Q4 3,942 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,165 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,083 2 0 960.2
2009 Q4 4,315 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,699 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,222 1 0 191.5
2009 Q1 2,706 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,386 5 0 928.3
2008 Q3 5,986 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,698 10 1 1755.0
2008 Q1 5,682 11 2 1935.9
2007 Q4 3,953 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,922 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,907 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,671 6 0 1284.5
2006 Q4 5,203 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,790 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,179 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,921 2 2 337.8
2005 Q4 6,419 14 4 2181.0
2005 Q3 5,850 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,437 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,001 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,697 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,036 5 3 828.4
2004 Q2 5,194 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,533 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,098 7 1 1708.2
2003 Q3 4,432 1 0 225.6
2003 Q2 4,900 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,809 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,368 3 0 471.1
2002 Q3 6,943 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,574 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,474 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,268 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,796 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,251 7 3 965.4
2001 Q1 7,046 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,161 5 2 698.2
2000 Q3 8,062 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,220 1 1 121.7
2000 Q1 8,095 13 2 1605.9

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
February 8, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Amrize West Central Inc. · Struck by powered moving object

AVAILABLE INFORMATION FROM THE SCRAPER OPERATOR AND EYE WITNESS SHOWS THAT THE EMPLOYEE MOVED BETWEEN A BACKING 633 CAT SCRAPER AND HIS PICKUP OUT OF THE OPERATORS FIELD OF VISION. HE WAS RUN OVER BY THE LEFT REAR SCRAPER TIRE RESULTING IN DEATH.

Reportable incidents

22 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2023 · 1 incident

February 17, 2023 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Amrize West Central Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Belt repairs being installed. Employee was cutting a v-shape cut at edge of belt and utility knife slipped, cutting hand.

2016 · 3 incidents

October 5, 2016 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amrize West Central Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was replacing a screen panel when it slipped out of left hand and landed on right pinky finger, causing a puncture to right pinky finger.

May 26, 2016 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Amrize West Central Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was attempting to free a screen tightening rail with a four foot bar and the rail came loose. The bar then came back and struck the employee on the left side of the face causing safety glasses to cut employee just above the eyebrow.

2015 · 1 incident

July 31, 2015 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amrize West Central Inc. · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee picked up a 140 pound log washer part and threw it causing a lower back strain.

2007 · 1 incident

March 17, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Amrize West Central Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was in the process of building a guard, and was welding at the time, when another employee with a lit cutting torch pulled on the torch to get more slack in the hose. In the process he ran the lit torch across the arm of the employee that was welding. This caused a second degree burn on the employee's upper left forearm about two inches in diameter.

2004 · 1 incident

April 6, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Amrize West Central Inc. · Flash burns (welding)

EE RECEIVED WELDER ARC BURN TO THE EYES WHILE HELPING AN EE WELD CHUTES. EE WAS USING P.P.E. BUT MAY HAVE SUSTAINED THE BURN WHILE WORKING IN THE AREA.

2003 · 1 incident

April 3, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Amrize West Central Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS STANDING ON A CONVEYOR APPROXIMATELY 5' OFF OF GROUND OBSERVING THE TRANSFER POINT OF THE CONVEYOR HE WAS STANDING ON AND THE DISCHARGE END OF THE CONVEYOR DUMPING ONTO IT. HE LOST HIS FOOTING & GRABBED DRIVE PULLEY OF THE OVERHEAD CONVEYOR CUTTING HIS RIGHT RING FINGER & TWISTING HIS WRIST. THE CUT TOOK 4 STITCHES.

2002 · 1 incident

August 9, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Amrize West Central Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING A CUTTING EDGE FROM A SKID-STEER WITH AN IMPACT GUN. WHEN NUT LOOSENED HE WAS HOLDING BOLT IN WITH HIS FINGER. THE BOLT DROPPED & SPUN CUTTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER (9 SUTURES)

2001 · 1 incident

2000 · 1 incident

February 8, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Amrize West Central Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR OF SCRAPPER THAT RAN OVER A CO-WORKER AND KILLED HIM ON 2-8-00. OPERATOR HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM STRESS RELATED PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT. ON 3-14 HE REPORTED A WORK RELATED ILNESS FOR STRESS.

1999 · 1 incident

November 9, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amrize West Central Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BUTCH WAS LIFTING A ROCK OUT OF CRUSHER AND STRAINED LEFT UPPER ARM.

1998 · 2 incidents

July 21, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Amrize West Central Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TOOTH FROM 633 SCRAPER WITH A HAMMER AND PUNCH. HAMMER HIT THE SIDE OF PUNCH AND DEFLECTED OFF INTO HIS LEFT HAND.

July 14, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal driver, jeep driver, tractor operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amrize West Central Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS REMOVING CONVEYOR BELT FROM HEAD PULLEY AND PULLED THE TOP SECTION BACK. WHILE PULLING BELT EE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

1996 · 1 incident

1995 · 2 incidents

March 13, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C & M Aggregates Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHIPPED TOOTH WHILE TIGHTENING BOLT AT HEAD LEVEL WHEN SOCKET SLIPPED OFF OF NUT.

1994 · 1 incident

1993 · 1 incident

October 9, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING A MACHINE AND STEPPED OFF OF THE CONVEYOR ONTO A FROZEN PIECE OF SAND CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND HIT HIS KNEE.

1992 · 3 incidents

December 28, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & M Ready Mix Concrete Company Of Boulder · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AROUND A MACHINE AND SLIPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE FALLING.

July 27, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING STEPS ONTO MACHINE AND MISSED A STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS 5 FEET TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIP AND LEFT ELBOW.

March 5, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C & M Ready Mix Concrete Company Of Boulder · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

LOST FOOTING WHILE GREASING LOADER. FELL OFF CATWALK TO GROUND. HIT LEFT BREAST BONE AND RIGHT RIBS.

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