Mining Incidents

BEECH HILL QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by L. Dean Loukonen
Lyons, Boulder County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0500053

BEECH HILL QUARRY has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 13 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
55
citations
20
significant & substantial
$37,312
proposed penalties
$22,741
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,571 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
44
inspections on record
599
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: 599 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BEECH HILL QUARRY has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 13 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.
$37K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-25.
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 Q3 1,280 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 440 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,320 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,920 1 0 520.8
2024 Q2 1,680 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,100 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 320 4 1 12500.0
2021 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,200 4 2 1818.2
2021 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 340 1 0 2941.2
2020 Q4 1,840 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,280 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,020 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,730 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,000 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,200 3 0 2500.0
2016 Q3 1,920 5 0 2604.2
2016 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,900 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,440 1 0 694.4
2015 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,440 5 4 3472.2
2014 Q2 480 1 0 2083.3
2014 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,400 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,560 2 0 781.2
2013 Q2 2,880 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,900 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,440 2 0 1388.9
2010 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,880 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,360 1 0 735.3
2008 Q1 260 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,280 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,720 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,320 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,200 3 1 416.7
2006 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,600 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,680 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,800 6 3 1250.0
2004 Q3 10,560 11 9 1041.7
2004 Q2 7,680 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 4,200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,200 1 0 138.9
2003 Q2 7,200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,400 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,680 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,680 1 0 130.2
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 7,200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,600 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 9,120 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,490 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 10,500 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,800 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,800 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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