Mining Incidents

Crossfire Piedra Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ezra Eldon Lee
Ignacio, La Plata County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0505045

Crossfire Piedra Wash Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
18
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,241
proposed penalties
$2,241
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
17
inspections on record
196
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: 196 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crossfire Piedra Wash Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-04.
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 312 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 440 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 419 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 928 3 0 3232.8
2024 Q3 2,510 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,305 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 350 0 0 0.0
Show 34 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 767 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 664 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,467 2 0 810.7
2023 Q1 1,220 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 776 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,468 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,318 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,178 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,275 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,195 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,332 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,064 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,144 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,054 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,953 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,994 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 756 1 0 1322.8
2019 Q2 1,475 1 0 678.0
2019 Q1 1,113 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,319 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,581 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 895 6 0 6703.9
2018 Q1 609 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 560 3 1 5357.1
2017 Q3 1,328 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,021 1 0 331.0
2017 Q1 153 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 901 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,072 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,256 1 0 796.2
2016 Q1 133 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 698 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,445 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,178 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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