Mining Incidents

DURANGO GRAVEL INC.: 47 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Durango Gravel Inc · Surface
Durango, La Plata County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504689

DURANGO GRAVEL INC. has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $23K 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 2000
47
citations
26
significant & substantial
$23,075
proposed penalties
$289
paid to date
1% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $22,786 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
136
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: 136 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DURANGO GRAVEL INC. has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $23K 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$289
paid to date
$23K
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-07-16.
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.
55.3%
significant & substantial
19.1%
high negligence or reckless
55.3%
reasonably likely or greater
31.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 34.0% low, 46.8% moderate, 19.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Durango Gravel Inc 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

DURANGO GRAVEL INC. sits in La Plata County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
La Plata County, Colorado · Population 56,088
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$85,296
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

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.