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CR3: 51 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Hotchkiss, Delta County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0504231

CR3 has $13K 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
3
Years on record
2001–2026
Latest incident
Jun 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
51
citations
11
significant & substantial
$13,041
proposed penalties
$13,041
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Oldcastle SW Group, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
25
inspections on record
385
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: 385 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CR3 has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-04.
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.
21.6%
significant & substantial
5.9%
high negligence or reckless
21.6%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.0% low, 92.2% moderate, 5.9% 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: 2026-03-09
38%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz135 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Show the individual readings (20)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-03-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.3 1.08 1.20 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.1 0.53 2.08 Cleanup Man
2023-06-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 0.45 1.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-06-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.78 0.45 3.96 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-06-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.25 0.44 2.84 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-03-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 1.06 0.45 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-03-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.55 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.78 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.46 0.91 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-12-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-12-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-12-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-03-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.55 0.42 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-03-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.44 0.41 Cleanup Man
2001-12-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.3 0.93 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-12-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-12-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.36 0.67 Crusher Oper/Worker

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2017-06-15, 9 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2017-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
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.

CR3 recorded 7.41 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.

Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ 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.
7.41
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Colorado, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.52 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
2001 * 7.41 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 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. United Companies Of Mesa County Inc 1987 to 1998
  2. Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 5
2024 4
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 4
2017 5
2002 4
2001 13
2000 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CR3 sits in Delta County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 5.2% 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.
Delta County, Colorado · Population 31,353
5.2%
Mining share of county employment
$58,330
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 1,840 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,248 4 1 3205.1
2025 Q4 1,863 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,545 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,784 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,001 4 0 3996.0
2024 Q4 2,550 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,180 0 0 0.0
Show 40 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,547 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,174 4 0 1839.9
2023 Q4 2,455 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,655 1 1 376.6
2023 Q2 2,701 1 0 370.2
2023 Q1 1,609 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,019 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,465 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,204 1 0 830.6
2022 Q1 731 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 365 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,835 2 0 1089.9
2021 Q2 2,580 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,060 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,485 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,801 2 2 1110.5
2020 Q2 2,828 2 0 707.2
2020 Q1 2,828 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,828 1 0 353.6
2019 Q3 1,959 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,959 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,959 2 0 1020.9
2018 Q4 2,150 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,673 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,673 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 82 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 303 1 0 3300.3
2017 Q3 3,141 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,380 2 0 1449.3
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 2,447 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,930 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,738 7 2 1219.9
2001 Q3 6,152 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,958 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,133 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,219 11 2 2107.7
2000 Q3 7,242 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 11,132 4 3 359.3
2000 Q1 9,497 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2026 · 1 incident

June 3, 2026 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

a loader operator, was climbing down from the 980H loader, as they stepped down with left foot they felt a wobble. The next morning their left knee was tight and stiff. After receiving the MRI results, 7/10/26, it was determined operator has a slight meniscus tear. This is why it wasn't reported prior to now

2002 · 1 incident

January 22, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REENTER THE TRUCK AFTER A REST BREAK. AS HE STEPPED UP TO PUT HIS FOOT ON THE LOWEST STEP, HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HE WAS HOLDING THE HAND RAIL WITH HIS LEFT HAND, THIS SWUNG HI S BODY SHARPLY TO THE LEFT CAUSING A SEVERE STRAIN TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE HAS BEEN REASSIGNED TO MODIFIED DUTY TEMPORARILY.

2001 · 1 incident

April 12, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CLAIMS TO HAVE SUFFERED A CUMULATIVE STRESS INJURY FROM STEERING A 988 CAT FRONT END LOADER FOR SEVERAL YEARS. ALSO IT APPEARS THAT THE LEFT ARM REST MAY HAVE CAUSED CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN HIS LEFT ELBOW, FROM LEANING ON THE ARM REST