Mining Incidents

CR5 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Montrose, Montrose County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0504739

CR5 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2012–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
36
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,962
proposed penalties
$4,924
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $38 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
53
inspections on record
461
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: 461 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CR5 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-12.
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 1,982 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,121 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,179 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 983 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,548 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,830 1 0 353.4
2024 Q2 2,804 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,370 0 0 0.0
Show 87 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,553 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,540 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,739 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,111 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,587 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,277 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,996 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,531 2 0 790.2
2021 Q4 2,274 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,811 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,850 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,669 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,370 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,903 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,562 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,562 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,562 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,507 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,507 1 0 663.6
2019 Q1 1,507 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,121 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,009 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,009 1 0 332.3
2018 Q1 2,183 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,849 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,499 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,005 1 0 332.8
2017 Q1 2,544 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,493 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,832 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,500 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,467 1 1 288.4
2015 Q4 1,106 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,254 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,163 1 0 859.8
2015 Q1 1,120 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 889 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 925 2 1 2162.2
2014 Q2 1,473 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 767 1 0 1303.8
2013 Q4 910 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,329 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,647 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,126 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 931 1 0 1074.1
2012 Q3 919 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,524 1 0 656.2
2012 Q1 1,008 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,653 1 0 605.0
2011 Q3 1,754 2 2 1140.3
2011 Q2 1,948 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,147 4 0 3487.4
2010 Q4 888 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,764 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,833 2 0 1091.1
2010 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 682 1 0 1466.3
2009 Q3 1,541 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 425 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 59 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,275 1 0 784.3
2008 Q3 3,865 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,099 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,669 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,718 3 2 1103.8
2007 Q3 2,176 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,953 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,701 1 0 370.2
2006 Q4 2,650 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,597 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,230 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,546 3 2 846.0
2005 Q4 5,315 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,722 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,663 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,281 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,273 1 0 234.0
2004 Q3 4,943 1 0 202.3
2004 Q2 3,932 1 1 254.3
2004 Q1 4,455 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,304 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,877 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,093 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,436 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,185 2 0 477.9
2002 Q3 3,685 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,986 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2025 · 1 incident

October 9, 2025 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While removing an alternator along side another employee, the other mechanic was pulling the detached alternator through the top of the machine, while injured was pushing through the bottom. It slipped out of the other mechanic's hand and fell down smashing injured employee's right middle finger between the alternator and the engine mount bolt.

2019 · 1 incident

February 5, 2019 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee was assisting another employee set up the fast pack. They lowered the jack leg while turning and employees right hand was crushed between the body of the jack leg and the jack leg mounting plate causing the injury.

2012 · 1 incident

March 14, 2012 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Miner was helping change screen on Crusher. He was pulling screen into position when he felt a slight muscle pull. He continued to work through his shift on 03/14/2012. Upon waking on 03/15/2012 he had considerable low back pain. At that time he called work to report injury. After treatment in ER he was released to light duty immediately.

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The full compliance file on CR5

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.