Mining Incidents

ERA - 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Tower Pit · Surface
Controlled by Levi Franklin Schofield
Gypsum, Eagle County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0505133

ERA - 1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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 2021
49
citations
12
significant & substantial
$11,778
proposed penalties
$8,648
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,130 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
10
inspections on record
231
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: 231 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ERA - 1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-06.
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
2025 Q4 5,731 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,289 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,729 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,336 1 0 187.4
2024 Q3 5,772 5 2 866.3
2024 Q2 5,311 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,477 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,950 2 0 506.3
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 3,598 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,664 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,592 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,417 9 1 2633.9
2022 Q3 3,247 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,147 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,291 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,242 7 0 3122.2
2021 Q3 2,742 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,336 7 3 2996.6
2021 Q1 1,254 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.

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