Mining Incidents

Crusher #5: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Colorado Crushing Inc · Surface
Controlled by Rockford Ryan
Pueblo, Pueblo County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0505135

Crusher #5 has $3K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
17
citations
1
significant & substantial
$3,087
proposed penalties
$3,087
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
8
inspections on record
89
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: 89 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 #5 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-02.
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.
5.9%
significant & substantial
23.5%
high negligence or reckless
5.9%
reasonably likely or greater
35.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.5% low, 52.9% moderate, 23.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Colorado Crushing Inc 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 1
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Crusher #5 sits in Pueblo County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Pueblo County, Colorado · Population 168,726
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,250
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 1,437 1 1 695.9
2026 Q1 274 7 0 25547.4
2025 Q4 432 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 341 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,263 0 0 0.0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 914 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 833 3 0 3601.4
2023 Q4 387 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,039 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,184 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 696 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 830 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,286 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,133 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 716 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 996 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 371 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.