Mining Incidents

Crusher 4 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.
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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-11-03.
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
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

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

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

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

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The full compliance file on Crusher 4

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.