COUNTY ROAD 23 PIT Metal/Non-Metal
SAKO EXCAVATION LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Travis Sackman; Jeff French
Ouray, CO,
Ouray County,
CO
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0504912
COUNTY ROAD 23 PIT has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $124 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
47
citations
16
significant & substantial
$24,425
proposed penalties
$24,301
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $124 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
34
inspections on record
367
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 367 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
COUNTY ROAD 23 PIT has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $124 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$24K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$124
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 528 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 344 | 1 | 0 | 2907.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 512 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 452 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 496 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 430 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 576 | 1 | 0 | 1736.1 |
| 2023 Q2 | 288 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 649 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 528 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 544 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 452 | 2 | 0 | 4424.8 |
| 2021 Q4 | 505 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 522 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 475 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 493 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 282 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 465 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 576 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 605 | 1 | 1 | 1652.9 |
| 2019 Q2 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 444 | 2 | 0 | 4504.5 |
| 2018 Q4 | 491 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 345 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 376 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 516 | 3 | 0 | 5814.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 804 | 4 | 0 | 4975.1 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,685 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 286 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 618 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 880 | 1 | 0 | 1136.4 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,736 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 368 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 336 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 208 | 5 | 2 | 24038.5 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,178 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 272 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,256 | 14 | 13 | 11146.5 |
| 2014 Q2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 956 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 840 | 1 | 0 | 1190.5 |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 264 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 252 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,119 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 512 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 928 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,158 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 923 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 464 | 5 | 0 | 10775.9 |
| 2010 Q4 | 839 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,064 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 519 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 797 | 2 | 0 | 2509.4 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,488 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 360 | 1 | 0 | 2777.8 |
| 2008 Q4 | 237 | 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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