Mining Incidents

DISTRICT #3 SCREEN PLANT: 20 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Baca County · Surface
Controlled by Baca County-CO
Springfield, Baca County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0504524

DISTRICT #3 SCREEN PLANT has $2K 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 2001
20
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,927
proposed penalties
$1,927
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
320
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: 320 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DISTRICT #3 SCREEN PLANT has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-14.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
5.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
20.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.0% low, 85.0% moderate, 5.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2021-03-30, 5 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2010-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Baca County 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 3
2011 4
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 4
2005 4
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DISTRICT #3 SCREEN PLANT sits in Baca County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Baca County, Colorado · Population 3,460
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$40,380
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 496 1 0 2016.1
2026 Q1 176 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 190 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 1 0
2024 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 1 0
2023 Q2 152 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 110 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 176 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 136 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 184 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 270 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 64 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 190 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 128 1 0 7812.5
2020 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 176 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 176 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 128 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 216 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 312 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 168 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 272 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 170 1 0 5882.4
2017 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 230 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 184 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 96 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 232 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 170 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 81 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 390 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 760 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,210 3 1 2479.3
2011 Q4 170 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 720 1 0 1388.9
2011 Q2 940 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 815 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 580 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 530 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 820 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 961 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 370 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 882 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 510 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 410 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 900 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 690 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 453 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 761 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 260 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,150 5 1 4347.8
2006 Q3 580 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,468 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,375 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,160 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 670 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,035 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,430 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 345 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 541 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 751 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 162 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 376 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 108 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 386 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 152 6 2 39473.7
2001 Q1 216 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 336 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 340 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 284 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.