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Colorado Quarries Inc: 106 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Colorado Quarries Inc · Facility
Controlled by Bill Tezak
Canon City, Fremont County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502172

Colorado Quarries Inc has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1989–2004
Latest incident
Apr 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
106
citations
25
significant & substantial
$16,856
proposed penalties
$16,856
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Colorado Quarries Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
53
inspections on record
704
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: 704 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Colorado Quarries Inc has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
106 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-04-06.
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.
23.6%
significant & substantial
4.7%
high negligence or reckless
23.6%
reasonably likely or greater
46.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.7% low, 89.6% moderate, 4.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2018-06-27, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-06-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-03-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-03-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 1.02 0.40 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-03-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 1.37 0.30 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-01-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2011-01-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2010-01-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.7 0.41 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.62 0.67 0.93 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-12-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-12-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.13 1.35 0.84 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-12-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 2.55 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Colorado Quarries Inc recorded 9.98 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.

Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ 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.
9.98
total case rate
9.98
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Colorado, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.50 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
2004 * 9.98 9.98 0.000
2002 * 9.43 0.00 0.000
2001 * 70.22 21.07 0.000
2000 * 26.97 5.39 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. Colonna Of Colorado Company 1950 to 1980
  2. Colorado Quarries Inc 1980 to 1986
  3. Colorado Quarries Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 6
2022 6
2021 7
2020 6
2019 6
2018 5
2017 6
2016 6
2015 5
2014 5
2013 7
2012 8
2011 7
2010 6
2009 6
2008 6
2007 7
2006 7
2005 10
2004 10
2003 9
2002 12
2001 18
2000 22
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Colorado Quarries Inc sits in Fremont County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Fremont County, Colorado · Population 49,394
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$61,027
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
2023 Q3 3,407 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,830 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,359 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,041 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,033 1 0 329.7
2022 Q1 2,553 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,331 6 2 1385.4
2021 Q3 3,706 0 0 0.0
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q2 3,186 2 0 627.7
2021 Q1 3,497 5 1 1429.8
2020 Q4 2,742 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,773 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,951 3 2 1016.6
2020 Q1 3,410 5 0 1466.3
2019 Q4 2,259 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,858 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,904 2 1 688.7
2019 Q1 3,079 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,628 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,073 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,353 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,487 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,252 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,597 1 0 385.1
2017 Q2 2,510 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,907 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,575 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,641 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,590 6 3 1671.3
2016 Q1 2,393 3 0 1253.7
2015 Q4 2,564 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,764 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,589 4 0 1545.0
2015 Q1 2,840 1 0 352.1
2014 Q4 1,939 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,210 4 0 1810.0
2014 Q2 2,515 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,192 6 1 2737.2
2013 Q4 2,765 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,498 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,213 3 0 933.7
2013 Q1 2,281 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,795 2 0 417.1
2012 Q3 2,237 2 0 894.1
2012 Q2 3,718 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,467 2 1 810.7
2011 Q4 2,989 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,435 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,168 2 0 631.3
2011 Q1 2,560 1 0 390.6
2010 Q4 2,735 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,981 6 2 2012.7
2010 Q2 2,830 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,984 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,511 8 1 3186.0
2009 Q3 2,655 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,260 1 0 442.5
2009 Q1 2,580 2 1 775.2
2008 Q4 2,558 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,121 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,838 2 0 704.7
2008 Q1 3,226 1 0 310.0
2007 Q4 2,970 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,322 5 1 1505.1
2007 Q2 2,641 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,131 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,736 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,347 1 0 298.8
2006 Q2 3,186 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,925 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,605 2 1 554.8
2005 Q3 4,988 1 0 200.5
2005 Q2 4,795 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,328 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,668 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,958 6 5 1210.2
2004 Q2 5,457 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,965 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,577 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,120 1 0 242.7
2003 Q2 4,373 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,011 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,962 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,541 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,095 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,601 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,682 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,004 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,344 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8,450 9 3 1065.1
2000 Q4 9,009 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,437 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 11,101 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 8,531 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2004 · 1 incident

April 12, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PALLET & STRETCHED HIS BACK MUSCLE.

2002 · 1 incident

September 19, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colorado Quarries Inc · Fall onto or against objects

MISSED STEP TO MILL SHACK, WENT TO CATCH HIMSELF & FELL ON METAL GRAIT & PUNCTURED RIGHT PALM.

2001 · 10 incidents

November 14, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING TREES. TREE UN FRINT IF A RAUK CAR & THE CHAINSAW HIT THE CAR SENDING THE CHAINSAW INTO LEFT THIGH AREA.

October 6, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS BUILDING CRATES AND PUNCTURE LEFT THUMB WITH AN AIR GUN.

July 25, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL ON A DOZER & IT HIT A HARD PIECE OF METAL CAUSING THE GRINDER TO JUMP CATCHING HIS LEFT WRIST.

July 17, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BREAKING ICE AND THE PICK SLIPPED AND WENT THROUGH HIS FINGER.

May 30, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

YE WAS PICKING BOULDERS AND A ROCK SLID DOWN THE PILE ONTO HIS HAND, SMASHING THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

May 25, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colorado Quarries Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO KICK IN THE TAILGATE OF THE DELIVERY TRUCK AND SLIPPED AND FELL, TWISTINGKNEE AND BUMPING HEAD.

April 26, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A SLEDGEHAMMER TO BEAT THE HOPPER AND IT SLIPPED SMASHING HIS LEFT HAND

March 14, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by flying object

CRUSHER OPERATOR HAD PIECE OF ROCK GET INTO HIS LEFT EYE WHEN THE WIND PICKED UP.

January 26, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON A DOZER AND HAD A SMALL PIECE OF METAL GET INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

January 11, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A CRATE AND SAID HE STRAINED HIS BACK. THIS HAPPENED ON THURSDAY. HE WORKED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, REPORTED IT TO US ON MONDAY.

2000 · 5 incidents

November 7, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS HITTING ROCK WITH SLEDGEHAMMER - HAND SLIPPED OFF AND WAS SMASHED BETWEEN HAMMER AND SCREEN.

October 18, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS BREAKING A BOULDER IN THE CRUSHER AND A PIECE CAME OFF CUTTING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.

May 30, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS PICKING UP A PIECE OF BLACK OBSIDIAN AND IT SLIPPED CAUSING A GASH IN HIS FOREARM.

March 3, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STACKING BAGS ONTO A PALLET & STRAINED HIS WRIST

February 8, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Colorado Quarries Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS DRIVING THE FORKLIFT TO WRAP PLTS OF ROCK AND THE HYDRAULIC HOSE BUSTED SPRAYING OIL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

1991 · 1 incident

March 22, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EE WAS USING A RAZORED KNIFE TO CUT UP A CARD BOARD BOX USED FOR PALLET PRODUCT THE RAGE KNIFE SLIPPED FROM THE CARDBOARD LACERATING THE RIGHT OUTSIDE ABOVE LEG THE LACERATION REQU IRE APPROX. THIS SITCHES OTHER DRUGS WIRE PRESCR

1989 · 2 incidents

October 4, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING PALLETIZED ROCK INTO VAN TRAILER/TRUCK USING A PALLET JACK TO MOVE PALLETS INTO POSITION IN TRAILER. PALLET JACK BECAME STUCK IN BETWEEN TWO PALLETS AND EMPLOYEE WAS PULLI NG ON PALLET JACK TO GET IT LOOSE, WHEN PALLET JACK DID BECOME UNSTUCK IT STRUCK EMPLOYEE WITH FORCE ON HIS LEFT FOOT, AND CHIPPED A BONE.

March 31, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUSHING BOULDER INTO BOBCAT BUCKET. BOBCAT BUCKET WAS BEING USED TO LOAD BOULDERS.