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Crusher 4: 138 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Center, Saguache County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2902224

Crusher 4 has $51K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 11 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2004–2010
Latest incident
Aug 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
138
citations
56
significant & substantial
$51,233
proposed penalties
$40,643
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,590 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Southway Construction Company Inc of Alamosa's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
44
inspections on record
616
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: 616 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crusher 4 has $51K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 11 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.
$51K
proposed penalties
$41K
current assessed
$41K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
130 assessments are final orders; 11 contested dockets.
Of $41K in penalties contested before the Commission, $30K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-11-03.
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.
40.6%
significant & substantial
0.7%
high negligence or reckless
40.6%
reasonably likely or greater
71.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.4% low, 89.9% moderate, 0.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
58 citations taken to the federal commission · 42% of citations on record
  • Settled 49 · 84%
  • Stood as issued 8 · 14%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 2%
86%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 36 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
26%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$39K proposed, $29K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2021-02-08.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2015-103M Settlement Miller 2017 $25K → $17K
CENT 2014-0385 Dismissal Rae 2014 $6K → $6K
CENT 2011-623M Settlement Paez 2012 $2K → $2K
WEST 2021-0121 Settlement 2021 $2K → $1K
CENT 2012-666M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $2K → $2K
CENT 2009-175M Settlement Bulluck 2010 $2K → $969
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2014-06-11, 12 years ago
13%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz152 over
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz7
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (24)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.07 0.93 1.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.36 0.91 1.49 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 0.67 0.94 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.78 0.45 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-02-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Mechanic
2011-02-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.84 0.23 Cleanup Man
2011-02-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.17 0.26 Cleanup Man
2009-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.76 0.85 0.89 Cleanup Man
2009-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 1.06 0.58 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.98 0.35 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-04-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 1.07 0.51 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.06 0.15 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-08-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.36 2.57 0.53 Cleanup Man
2007-08-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.99 2.68 0.37 Cleanup Man
2007-08-22 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 1.8 Cleanup Man
2007-08-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.43 2.63 0.54 Cleanup Man
2004-06-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Truck Driver
2004-06-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2004-06-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.41 Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-04-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 2.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.35 2.56 0.53 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.68 Laborer, Bullgang
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.

Crusher 4 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.

Injury rate, 2009
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.82 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Colorado, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.03 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.
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. Southway Construction Company Inc of Alamosa 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 5
2020 5
2015 0
2014 3
2013 5
2012 6
2011 7
2010 6
2009 14
2008 10
2007 11
2006 8
2005 17
2004 10
2003 9
2002 9
2001 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Crusher 4 sits in Saguache County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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.
Saguache County, Colorado · Population 6,511
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$54,283
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
2021 Q3 570 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,094 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,149 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 856 12 4 14018.7
2020 Q3 1,528 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,030 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 1,426 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,402 25 12 7348.6
2014 Q1 2,976 15 8 5040.3
2013 Q4 2,529 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,413 8 5 3315.4
2013 Q2 2,074 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,257 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,237 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,314 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,067 13 5 12183.7
2011 Q3 80 1 0 12500.0
2011 Q2 2,926 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,473 5 1 2021.8
2010 Q4 1,733 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,877 8 5 2063.5
2010 Q2 5,000 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,115 1 1 896.9
2009 Q4 4,550 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,914 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 7,919 6 2 757.7
2009 Q1 7,289 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,133 5 2 1209.8
2008 Q3 5,010 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,273 2 0 318.8
2008 Q1 4,207 5 1 1188.5
2007 Q4 2,350 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,533 4 0 882.4
2007 Q2 4,184 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,498 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,064 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,531 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,373 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,356 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,450 3 1 869.6
2005 Q3 4,251 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,802 4 1 1052.1
2005 Q1 3,574 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,265 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,801 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,306 1 0 232.2
2004 Q1 4,548 3 1 659.6
2003 Q4 4,227 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,861 3 0 617.2
2003 Q2 5,018 7 3 1395.0
2003 Q1 4,278 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,254 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,425 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,136 7 4 1362.9
2002 Q1 4,020 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,087 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,140 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2010 · 1 incident

August 10, 2010 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Southway Construction Company Inc of Alamosa · Struck by flying object

Employee was walking around the standard cone to the first van when the doors on the VSI 2100 came open and started throwing rock out. A rock flew out towards the employee and hit him in the mouth.

2008 · 1 incident

December 15, 2008 CO · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southway Construction Company Inc of Alamosa · Fall from machine

Employee was injured when he slipped and fell when he was climbing into his drilling equipment. Snow and ice conditions on the steps caused the employee to slip. He fell and hit his ribs and head when he fell. Employee was taken to a medical facility and was diagnosed with a fractured rib and bruising under the eye.

2007 · 1 incident

August 21, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management OTHER
Southway Construction Company Inc of Alamosa · Struck by flying object

Finished working on 988F, the loader pulled away employee continued picking up tools. As he reached down to get the tools the wind blew dust and fiber in to both eyes. Employee was taken to Union County General Hospital in Clayton New Mexico, 301 Harding Street, Clayton New Mexico.

2005 · 1 incident

January 28, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southway Construction Company Inc of Alamosa · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE cleaning mud from under conveyor slipped & fell back & hit his head. Cut to back of head. Bar EE was using hit him in chest. Foreman called Moriarty ambulance & EE was transferred to University Hospital (Albuq) to be checked out. It's Southway policy that any EE hurt be checked out by a Dr or ER. EE was wearing fall protection, taken off at hospital.

2004 · 1 incident