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Amrize Solberg Pit: 103 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0504889

Amrize Solberg Pit has $42K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2016–2018
Latest incident
Aug 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
103
citations
25
significant & substantial
$41,855
proposed penalties
$34,748
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,107 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Amrize West Central Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
47
inspections on record
711
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: 711 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.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2012-05-09.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Amrize Solberg Pit has $42K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 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.
$42K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$35K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
97 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-10.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
20.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
49.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.0% low, 76.0% moderate, 20.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
79%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $1K 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 2024-06-03.
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 2023-0313 Settlement Sullivan 2024 $6K → $1K
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: 2023-04-18, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2023-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-04-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 1.12 0.39 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-04-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 Mechanic
2021-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2018-01-31 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-01-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-01-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.48 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
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.

Amrize Solberg Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Colorado, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.64 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 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. Pioneer Sand Co Inc 2007 to 2023
  2. Amrize West Central Inc. 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 11
2024 14
2023 13
2022 13
2021 12
2020 12
2019 6
2018 8
2017 6
2016 4
2015 4
2014 4
2013 3
2012 2
2011 3
2010 4
2009 3
2008 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Amrize Solberg Pit sits in El Paso County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
El Paso County, Colorado · Population 736,008
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$87,470
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
2026 Q2 2,764 3 0 1085.4
2026 Q1 6,608 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 6,300 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,319 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,919 1 0 168.9
2025 Q1 5,177 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,943 1 0 144.0
2024 Q3 8,108 0 0 0.0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 8,567 4 0 466.9
2024 Q1 6,580 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 8,293 9 3 1085.3
2023 Q3 6,615 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,003 5 2 624.8
2023 Q1 5,247 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,651 11 2 1653.9
2022 Q3 7,885 2 0 253.6
2022 Q2 7,247 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,865 4 0 451.2
2021 Q4 9,944 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,763 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 8,414 12 1 1426.2
2021 Q1 7,271 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,415 4 0 539.4
2020 Q3 8,023 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 8,296 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,026 1 0 199.0
2019 Q4 2,865 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,078 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,831 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,930 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,005 5 1 1663.9
2018 Q3 6,167 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,610 1 0 216.9
2018 Q1 3,444 4 1 1161.4
2017 Q4 4,571 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,050 1 0 246.9
2017 Q2 3,288 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,286 2 0 874.9
2016 Q4 2,674 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,126 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,828 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,878 3 0 1597.4
2015 Q4 1,659 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,672 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,030 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,628 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,612 9 4 5583.1
2014 Q3 2,585 2 0 773.7
2014 Q2 2,800 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,096 2 1 954.2
2013 Q4 1,693 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,022 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,933 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,647 2 1 1214.3
2012 Q4 1,253 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,364 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,510 3 2 1986.8
2012 Q1 1,166 4 2 3430.5
2011 Q4 1,065 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,541 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,844 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,314 2 1 1522.1
2010 Q4 1,599 3 3 1876.2
2010 Q3 2,080 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,078 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,891 2 1 1057.6
2009 Q4 2,188 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,339 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,886 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,097 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,417 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,610 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,328 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,299 1 0 303.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2018 · 1 incident

August 30, 2018 CO · Metal/Non-Metal scraper-loader operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pioneer Sand Co Inc · Struck against a moving object

Individual operating scraper, traveling empty along mine floor, moved off track to allow truck traffic. Hit rough area causing EE to hit head against right and left side of cab, leaving EE unconscious. EE believes EE began to can down before hitting head, which stopped the scraper shortly after EE lost consciousness.

2016 · 1 incident

October 25, 2016 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pioneer Sand Co Inc · Struck against stationary object

Was breaking a bolt loose when the wrench slipped causing hand to hit conveyor frame resulting in laceration to middle knuckle and pinky finger.