FLAG SAND & GRAVEL has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1986–2025
Latest incident
Mar 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
221
citations
52
significant & substantial
$40,514
proposed penalties
$40,450
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $64 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.
221 citations across 1,100 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
FLAG SAND & GRAVEL has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$41K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$40K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
216 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $224 in penalties contested before the Commission, $160 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-06.
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.
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: 2026-05-29
6%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
40
samples
16
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz171 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg21
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (40)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2022-11-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.05
0.68
1.54
Belt Crew
2026-05-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-05-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-05-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2026-05-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-05-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-06-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-06-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-06-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.97
1.09
0.89
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-06-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.72
0.38
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-06-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-06-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-01-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.65
0.23
Belt Cleaner
2023-01-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
0.63
0.54
Belt Cleaner
2022-11-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
0.55
0.73
Bobcat Operator
2022-11-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-11-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
0.6
0.65
Utility Man
2021-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-05-12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Utility Man
2021-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2021-05-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.61
0.57
Utility Man
2016-09-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.87
0.17
Forklift Operator
2016-09-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-09-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2013-09-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-11-10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-11-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.51
0.33
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-11-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2006-05-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.77
0.21
Mechanic
2006-05-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.46
0.50
Mechanic
2006-05-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2001-05-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.82
0.23
Belt Cleaner
2001-05-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.55
0.49
Cleanup Man
2001-05-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.37
0.70
Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-11-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
0.64
0.59
Laborer, Bullgang
2000-08-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader 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.
FLAG SAND & GRAVEL recorded 7.91 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.
7.91
total case rate
7.91
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 *
7.91
7.91
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
9.61
9.61
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
11
2025
12
2024
14
2023
13
2022
12
2021
11
2020
11
2019
12
2018
10
2017
11
2016
8
2015
5
2014
6
2013
7
2012
9
2011
8
2010
8
2009
10
2008
14
2007
10
2006
8
2005
11
2004
10
2003
10
2002
10
2001
7
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
FLAG SAND & GRAVEL sits in Garfield County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Garfield County, Colorado · Population 62,034
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$86,172
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
5,946
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
5,150
3
0
582.5
2025 Q4
6,636
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
7,034
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
6,215
1
0
160.9
2025 Q1
5,394
8
2
1483.1
2024 Q4
6,619
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
7,131
10
3
1402.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
7,124
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
6,563
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
6,270
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
6,835
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
5,914
5
0
845.5
2023 Q1
5,979
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
5,031
8
1
1590.1
2022 Q3
6,914
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
6,054
1
0
165.2
2022 Q1
5,621
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
5,168
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
5,210
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
5,058
1
1
197.7
2021 Q1
5,378
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
5,784
5
1
864.5
2020 Q3
6,146
2
1
325.4
2020 Q2
5,369
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
5,187
5
2
963.9
2019 Q4
5,444
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
6,002
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
5,812
4
1
688.2
2019 Q1
4,927
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
4,572
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
4,686
7
2
1493.8
2018 Q2
5,613
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
5,270
1
0
189.8
2017 Q4
5,345
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
5,231
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
5,687
7
0
1230.9
2017 Q1
4,479
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
3,800
5
2
1315.8
2016 Q3
3,994
8
5
2003.0
2016 Q2
4,186
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
3,328
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
2,681
4
2
1492.0
2015 Q3
2,777
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,393
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,961
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,695
1
1
371.1
2014 Q3
1,766
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,094
3
1
2742.2
2014 Q1
2,336
1
0
428.1
2013 Q4
2,617
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2,727
3
0
1100.1
2013 Q2
2,686
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,756
2
1
725.7
2012 Q4
3,245
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
3,697
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,897
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
2,985
1
1
335.0
2011 Q4
3,242
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
3,880
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
3,418
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2,773
2
1
721.2
2010 Q4
3,656
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
4,545
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
3,410
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
2,257
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
3,743
3
2
801.5
2009 Q3
4,582
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
4,150
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
4,953
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
5,754
4
1
695.2
2008 Q3
6,085
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
7,941
7
0
881.5
2008 Q1
5,240
1
0
190.8
2007 Q4
4,008
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
5,756
25
9
4343.3
2007 Q2
5,527
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
4,899
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
5,115
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
5,436
1
0
184.0
2006 Q2
40
6
1
150000.0
2006 Q1
4,469
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
5,219
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,203
4
2
644.8
2005 Q2
6,145
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
3,528
3
0
850.3
2004 Q4
4,625
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
5,041
3
0
595.1
2004 Q2
5,724
23
4
4018.2
2004 Q1
4,135
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
4,088
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,992
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,592
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
4,173
5
1
1198.2
2002 Q4
4,079
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
4,466
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
4,294
6
1
1397.3
2002 Q1
3,456
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,770
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
3,110
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,878
12
0
4169.6
2001 Q1
2,602
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,753
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
4,248
15
3
3531.1
2000 Q2
4,581
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
3,376
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2025 · 1 incident
March 26, 2025CO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was walking in a work area where pallets of rock are weighed when EE twisted EE's ankle on a rock. EE then fell backwards landing on EE's tail bone.
Flag Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was installing v-belts on gear box. after installing the first drive belt employee slipped and grabbed the v-belt pulling a finger between the v-belt and pulley cutting fingertip and breaking finger(middle finger on right hand).
1995 · 1 incident
July 22, 1995CO · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Flag Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WORKING ON CONVEYOR HEAD PULLEY. BAR SLIPPED OFF TOP OF DRUM PINCHING FINGERS BETWEEN FRAME AND DRUM. CUT 2 FINGERS ON LEFT HAND CAUSING NERVE AND TENDON DAMAGE.
1988 · 1 incident
June 29, 1988CO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS