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: 201 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.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2025-10-15.
On record since 2025.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
CR # 5 has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-16.
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.
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: 2021-10-06, 4 years ago
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2021-10-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.84
0.73
1.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-10-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.53
0.95
0.56
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-10-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
0.76
0.41
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.88
0.20
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-06-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.51
2.05
0.25
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-01
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.45
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
6
2025
4
2024
4
2023
5
2022
6
2021
6
2020
5
2019
5
2018
6
2017
3
2016
4
2015
2
2014
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
CR # 5 sits in Pueblo 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.
Pueblo County, Colorado · Population 168,726
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,250
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
5,739
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
1,848
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
5,093
8
4
1570.8
2025 Q3
3,557
7
0
1968.0
2025 Q2
1,071
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
4,733
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
2,327
2
0
859.5
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
103
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
1,073
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
2,188
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
3,853
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
4,776
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
4,496
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
2,717
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
2,197
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
178
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
3,492
2
1
572.7
2021 Q3
5,465
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
3,826
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
2,482
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
2,776
2
1
720.5
2020 Q3
3,427
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2,361
2
1
847.1
2020 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
3,008
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
4,013
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
2,684
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
3,716
1
1
269.1
2018 Q3
3,438
2
0
581.7
2018 Q2
3,372
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
1,660
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
2,429
7
2
2881.8
2017 Q2
2,115
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
1,591
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,020
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
2,079
5
3
2405.0
2016 Q1
104
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
3,181
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,828
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,584
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2022 · 1 incident
August 8, 2022CO · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was removing the screen from the screening plant unit. When EE went to push the screen to the ground, the screen hooked onto EE's sweatshirt and pulled EE off of the catwalk and EE fell to the ground. EE's left leg, left pointer finger, and right elbow were sore from the fall.
2021 · 1 incident
April 9, 2021CO · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was cleaning out the hopper. EE slipped on the belt, causing EE to fall on a corner that was steel. This cut EE's shin. Thought nothing of it at the time, cleaned it, antibiotic ointment, and thought that would be all. 5 days later EE's leg began to hurt, EE went to the doctor, & found out the leg had been infected. This led to further treatment which involved time off.
2019 · 1 incident
May 23, 2019CO · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wm. D. Scepaniak Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE was assisting to tear down the screen box. EE got thumb caught between the deflector plate and the screen box.
2015 · 1 incident
December 8, 2015CO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee exited the loader without placing hard hat on his head and was removing a stuck rock from the feed conveyor when rock fell and hit employee in the head. A hard hat was provided to the employee and he had it in the loader that he just exited out of to remove the rock.