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Eagle Gypsum Mine: 89 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Eagle Materials Inc
Gypsuim, Eagle County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0503997

Eagle Gypsum Mine has $14K 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
10
Years on record
1985–2014
Latest incident
Nov 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
89
citations
8
significant & substantial
$14,104
proposed penalties
$14,104
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See American Gypsum Company LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
60
inspections on record
1,185
inspection hours
7.5
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.
89 citations across 1,185 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Eagle Gypsum Mine has $14K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
89 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-01.
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.
9.0%
significant & substantial
2.2%
high negligence or reckless
9.0%
reasonably likely or greater
40.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.0% low, 88.8% moderate, 2.2% 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: 2025-03-12
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
53
samples
28
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg16
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz15
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz10
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz9
Show the individual readings (53)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-03-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.63 Diamond Drill Operator
2025-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-03-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 Cont. Miner Operator
2025-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 Truck Driver
2025-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 Diamond Drill Operator
2023-12-05 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Cutting Mach Operator
2023-12-05 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Cutting Mach Operator
2023-12-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-04-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Cutting Mach Operator
2022-04-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 Truck Driver
2022-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.82 Drill Operator, Rotary
2020-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-02-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Cont. Miner Helper
2019-02-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-02-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-02-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-02-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 3.52 10 0.35 Cutting Mach Operator
2016-02-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 7.28 10 0.73 Cutting Mach Operator
2015-01-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-01-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.34 10 0.13 Cont. Miner Operator
2015-01-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Road Grader Operator
2014-02-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Truck Driver
2014-02-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-02-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Cont. Miner Operator
2014-02-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Bulldozer Operator
2012-10-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2012-10-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 3.85 10 0.39 Cont. Miner Operator
2011-07-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.2 10 0.12 Cont. Miner Operator
2011-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2011-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-08-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-08-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 4.55 10 0.46 Cutting Mach Operator
2007-10-30 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.63 10 0.16 Cutting Mach Operator
2007-01-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-01-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Cutting Mach Operator
2007-01-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Cutting Mach Operator
2006-06-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.33 10 0.13 Cutting Mach Operator
2006-06-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 10 0.03 Bulldozer Operator
2006-06-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2006-06-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.95 0.18 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2006-06-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 1.97 0.18 Backhoe Operator
2005-02-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.92 2.58 0.36 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-02-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cutting Mach Operator
2003-05-21 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.99 10 0.30 Cutting Mach Operator
2003-05-21 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.5 10 0.25 Truck Driver
2003-05-21 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.73 10 0.27 Cutting Mach Operator
2001-07-26 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.43 10 0.04 Cutting Mach Operator
2001-07-26 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.12 10 0.11 Cutting Mach 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.

Eagle Gypsum Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Colorado, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.64 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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. Eagle-Gypsum Products 1984 to 1997
  2. American Gypsum Company LLC 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 15
2025 15
2024 16
2023 14
2022 15
2021 14
2020 14
2019 14
2018 14
2017 12
2016 13
2015 14
2014 13
2013 12
2012 11
2011 12
2010 12
2009 12
2008 13
2007 15
2006 17
2005 15
2004 15
2003 15
2002 14
2001 14
2000 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Eagle Gypsum Mine sits in Eagle County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Eagle County, Colorado · Population 55,374
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$103,174
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 10,192 1 0 98.1
2026 Q1 3,175 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 8,036 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,479 1 0 95.4
2025 Q2 10,484 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 9,350 1 0 107.0
2024 Q4 3,649 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,882 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 9,008 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 10,391 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 10,111 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 9,129 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,924 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 10,398 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 9,923 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,681 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,830 1 0 101.7
2022 Q1 10,070 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,537 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 8,779 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 8,671 2 0 230.7
2021 Q1 9,114 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 8,393 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,867 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 9,285 2 0 215.4
2020 Q1 9,781 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 8,917 1 0 112.1
2019 Q3 9,434 1 0 106.0
2019 Q2 9,105 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 9,042 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 8,801 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 8,970 1 1 111.5
2018 Q2 9,371 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 7,594 1 0 131.7
2017 Q4 8,225 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,780 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,883 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 9,087 1 0 110.0
2016 Q4 9,827 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 8,785 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 8,051 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8,997 2 0 222.3
2015 Q4 8,069 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,201 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 7,924 2 0 252.4
2015 Q1 8,510 2 1 235.0
2014 Q4 8,992 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 9,195 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 8,431 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 7,373 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 7,566 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,995 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 8,442 1 0 118.5
2013 Q1 7,021 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,730 1 0 148.6
2012 Q3 7,707 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,814 2 0 344.0
2012 Q1 6,069 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,489 1 0 154.1
2011 Q3 6,943 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,756 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 6,795 1 0 147.2
2010 Q4 6,375 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 7,295 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,066 1 0 141.5
2010 Q1 7,316 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,913 2 0 289.3
2009 Q3 7,498 1 0 133.4
2009 Q2 8,062 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,748 1 0 148.2
2008 Q4 7,581 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,097 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 9,355 2 0 213.8
2008 Q1 9,514 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8,831 9 0 1019.1
2007 Q3 9,627 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,753 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 10,950 8 0 730.6
2006 Q4 10,724 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 12,045 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 10,859 3 0 276.3
2006 Q1 9,365 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 9,512 2 0 210.3
2005 Q3 10,507 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 10,580 2 0 189.0
2005 Q1 10,013 4 0 399.5
2004 Q4 10,297 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10,256 1 0 97.5
2004 Q2 9,969 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 9,702 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 9,157 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 10,104 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 10,187 8 1 785.3
2003 Q1 9,772 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 8,971 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 9,862 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,023 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 9,145 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,524 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 9,571 7 0 731.4
2001 Q2 8,989 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8,792 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,109 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,902 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,843 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,696 1 0 129.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2014 · 1 incident

November 21, 2014 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Gypsum Company LLC · Struck against stationary object

Installing a mud flap on trailer and had to reach from outside in when fender dug into shoulder. Possible rotator cuff injury of right shoulder.

2008 · 2 incidents

January 30, 2008 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Gypsum Company LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was installing chains on his truck at the start of shift. He removed the chains from the rear of the trailer and started to carry them to the truck rear driver location. The ground in the area was icy and he slipped and fell on his back. He proceeded to put the chains on, walked away from the truck and then felt a sharp pain in his left rib.

January 3, 2008 CO · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Gypsum Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was placing lunch bucket in personal pickup and reached across seat to place it on passenger seat side. Rear muscle in lower right leg was extended in process resulting in slight muscle tear.

2006 · 1 incident

August 25, 2006 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Gypsum Company LLC · Struck by flying object

Employee was changing bits on cutter drum of Wirtgen 2200SM. He was wearing safety glasses but when he tapped a retainer clip to remove it, a small piece of metal (apparently) flew over his glasses causing a cornial abrasion. There was no metal found in his eye.

2003 · 1 incident

December 8, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Gypsum Company LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS SERVICING 988B LOADER. DOOR HATCH OVER TRANSMISSION COMPARTMENT HAD FROZEN MUD AND ICE AROUND EDGES. EE TRIED TO FORCE DOOR OPEN INSTEAD OF USING NORMAL PROCEDURE OF CHISELING AWAY MUD AND ICE FIRST. FORCING ACTION CAUSED STRAIN IN LOWER BACK WITH PINCHED NERVE.

2000 · 1 incident

November 25, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Gypsum Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURIED WAS REMOVING BOLTS FROM A ROTOMILL WITHA BREAKER BAR. HE HYPER-EXTENDED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER CAUSING NUMBNESS.

1998 · 1 incident

January 29, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
American Gypsum Company LLC · Struck by powered moving object

HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC INSTALLED NEW BRAKES ON 1981 IHC DUMP TRUCK THERE WAS A PROBLEM IN THAT THE MAXI BRAKE WOULD NOT HOLD AND THERE WAS AIR LEAKS PRESENT. THE MECHANIC INSTRUCTED HELPER T O START THE ENGINE AND CHARGE THE AIR SYSTEM SO HE COULD CHECK IT OUT. THE MECHANIC MAD AN ERROR IN THAT HE DID NOT GET OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK AND THE HELPER STARTED THE TRUCK. FRACTURES.

1985 · 3 incidents

December 6, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle-Gypsum Products · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS PERF2RMING REAPRI WORKS ON PORTABLE WELDER. APORTION OF THE FAN PROTECTION SHOULD HAD BEEN REMOVED FOR SUCA WORK AND VICTIM CAUGHT TOP OF FAN BLADE BETWEEN INDEX AND SECOND FINGER D AMAGE REBUILTED3IN LACERATION BETWEEN FINISH.

November 5, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle-Gypsum Products · Struck against stationary object

HANDLING STAIR STEPS (GALVANIZED), CUT ARM ON EDGE OF STAIR STEP.

September 9, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle-Gypsum Products · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEARING ROCK CRUSHER POSSIBLE HAIRLINE CRACK ON TIP OF FINGER AND 12 STITCHES.