Firestone Gravel Mine has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2011–2016
Latest incident
Jun 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
48
citations
8
significant & substantial
$6,635
proposed penalties
$6,577
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $58 gap.
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: 413 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Firestone Gravel Mine has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $509 in penalties contested before the Commission, $335 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-05-04.
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.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 75%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 25%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
34%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$509 proposed, $335 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 2017-11-28.
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.
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: 2017-08-31, 9 years ago
9%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz111 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (17)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2016-08-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.18
0.29
4.07
Laborer, Bullgang
2017-08-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2017-08-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.57
0.23
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.97
1.2
0.81
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-11-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-11-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
2.24
0.17
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-08-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.61
0.23
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-08-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-08-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
1.38
0.32
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-11-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-11-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.69
0.25
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2010-11-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.91
0.25
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2010-11-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.71
0.18
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-03-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-03-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
1.57
0.20
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-03-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
0.92
0.34
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-03-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Firestone Gravel Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.
Injury rate, 2018
ⓘ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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Colorado, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.37 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
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016 *
11.42
0.00
0.000
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2013 *
8.95
0.00
0.000
2012 *
8.18
0.00
0.000
2011 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2020
3
2019
4
2018
12
2017
13
2016
15
2015
15
2014
11
2013
11
2012
10
2011
12
2010
12
2009
11
2008
4
2007
2
2006
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Firestone Gravel Mine sits in Weld County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Weld County, Colorado · Population 340,711
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$93,287
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
The employee was pushing on a frozen underside on a stacker belt, he slipped on some ice and fell hitting his mouth on the metal framework of the stacker. The employee has two broken teeth and a lacerated lower lip.
2011 · 1 incident
May 11, 2011CO · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
It was raining. EE was pressing bucket pin out with 70 ton press and a track pin. Press was at a slight angle. Another mechanic was hitting outside boss, EE was sitting beside press gear when it pitched sideways and track pin hit him on upper lip, leaving a hole. EE had to have 7 stitches on his upper lip.