Mining Incidents

CR # 5 Metal/Non-Metal

Pueblo, Pueblo County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103835

CR # 5 has $8K 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
4
Years on record
2015–2022
Latest incident
Aug 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
38
citations
13
significant & substantial
$7,664
proposed penalties
$7,664
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
16
inspections on record
201
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: 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.

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.
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 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
2024 Q2 103 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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, 2022 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wm. D. Scepaniak Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

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, 2021 CO · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wm. D. Scepaniak Inc · Fall onto or against objects

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, 2019 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING 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, 2015 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wm. D. Scepaniak Inc · Struck by falling object

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.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.