Mining Incidents

FCM Rental Crusher: 33 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
MANCOS, Montezuma County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504119

FCM Rental Crusher has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1991–2008
Latest incident
Aug 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
33
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,033
proposed penalties
$2,513
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $520 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
21
inspections on record
360
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: 360 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FCM Rental Crusher has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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
33 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $494 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-02-18.
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.
9.1%
significant & substantial
3.0%
high negligence or reckless
9.1%
reasonably likely or greater
45.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.2% low, 78.8% moderate, 3.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 18% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 100%
20%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
51%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $494 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-07-13.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2007-443M Settlement Manning 2008 $914 → $394
WEST 2009-1095M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2010-02-23, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-02-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-02-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.83 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-02-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.72 0.21 Scale Man
2005-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
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. Noland Inc 1986 to 2004
  2. Sky Ute Sand & Gravel, LLC 2005 to 2023
  3. Four Corners Materials 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 8
2010 8
2009 6
2008 5
2007 5
2006 6
2005 5
2004 3
2003 4
2002 4
2001 5
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

FCM Rental Crusher sits in Montezuma County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.5% 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.
Montezuma County, Colorado · Population 26,204
2.5%
Mining share of county employment
$63,005
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
2023 Q3 2,120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,390 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,186 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,891 1 0 345.9
2009 Q4 2,818 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,259 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,918 2 0 685.4
2009 Q1 2,323 0 0 0.0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 2,403 2 0 832.3
2008 Q3 2,458 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,587 1 0 386.5
2008 Q1 2,541 1 0 393.5
2007 Q4 3,136 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,122 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,017 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,293 14 1 6105.5
2006 Q4 1,987 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,028 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,577 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,818 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,774 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,873 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,164 5 0 1580.3
2005 Q1 504 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,225 1 0 816.3
2004 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,340 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 980 2 1 2040.8
2003 Q2 1,050 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 270 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 555 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,050 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,355 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,895 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,485 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,450 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,770 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,070 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,010 4 1 1990.0
2000 Q1 1,935 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2008 · 1 incident

August 28, 2008 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Sky Ute Sand & Gravel, LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Miner crushed his right toes due to movement of cone while clearing rock jam. As he used pry bar while straddling cone last rock released stored energy of cone squeezing the side of his right foot.

2006 · 1 incident

March 20, 2006 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Sky Ute Sand & Gravel, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was feeding pit run into crusher when cone crusher clogged requiring maintenance. Miner cleared clog using bar. A 4-5 in. rock was ejected hitting miner in face on left side in the nose and cheek area causing nosebleed and broken nose. Miner has knowledge and experience of pit conditions and process required to efficiently crush pit run.

2005 · 1 incident

June 9, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sky Ute Sand & Gravel, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was on top of primary feed hopper on the jaw crusher unclogging lodged material when the bar he was using missed its target and traveled downward pulling his hand with it causing it to get smashed between the bar and grizzly bar. This accident was not caused or contributed by neither any rule nor regulation not being followed, or any used PPE.

2001 · 1 incident

September 26, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Noland Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JAW FOR CRUSHER WAS BRIDGED. SCREEN DECK WAS SHUT DOWN. SMALL ROCKS WERE POURED INTO CRUSHER THRU THE BRIDGE TO FACILITATE CRUSHING. A 5"X10" ROCK WORKED BETWEEN FEEDER PLATE AND JAW RECIPROCA TING HOUSING. CRUSHING ACTION CAUSED THE ROCK TO WORK OVER GUARD NEAR BULL WHEEL. THE ROCK FELL INTO THE BULL WHEEL AND WAS THROWN BETWEEN THE FEEDER SHOOT AND GUARD STRIKING VICTIM APPROX 7'

1998 · 1 incident

February 5, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Noland Inc · Fall from machine

A MECHANIC'S HELPER WAS ENTERING THE REAR DOOR OF A PORTABLE TOOL BUS. WHEN APPROACHING ENTRY OF REAR DOOR DIDN'T NOTICE LOW CLEARANCE OF DOORWAY ABOVE VISOR ON CAP,. HE STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS HEAD ON EACH WAY JAMMING HIS NECK, HE THEN FELL OFF THE FIRST STEP TO GROUND.

1991 · 1 incident

January 24, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Noland Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CHOPPING ICE FROM AROUND THE TIRE ON A CRUSHER WITH A PICK AND A PIECE OF ICE HIT HIM IN THE CORNER OF HIS RIGHT EYE.