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Gosney Crusher: 42 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Gosney & Sons Inc · Surface
Controlled by Don L Gosney
BAYFIELD, La Plata County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504044

Gosney Crusher has $6K 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
3
Years on record
1990–1996
Latest incident
Jul 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
42
citations
13
significant & substantial
$5,860
proposed penalties
$5,860
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Gosney & Sons Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
341
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: 341 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gosney Crusher has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-04-05.
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.
31.7%
significant & substantial
2.4%
high negligence or reckless
31.7%
reasonably likely or greater
36.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 29.3% low, 68.3% moderate, 2.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST20010216M Default Barbour 2001 $3K → $3K
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: 2006-04-06, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2006-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.74 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.43 0.49 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-01-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.33 0.52 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.01 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-12-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.9 0.42 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-12-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.28 0.96 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-12-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-01-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.25 0.56 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.
Ownership history
  1. Gosney & Sons Inc 1985 to present
  2. Western Mobile Four Corners Division 1996 to 1998
  3. Western Mobile Four Corners Division 1998 to 1999
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 5
2005 5
2004 4
2003 5
2002 5
2001 4
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Gosney Crusher sits in La Plata County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
La Plata County, Colorado · Population 56,088
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$85,296
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
2006 Q2 2,483 1 0 402.7
2006 Q1 2,955 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,701 1 0 370.2
2005 Q3 2,325 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,839 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,643 2 0 756.7
2004 Q4 2,570 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,045 0 0 0.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2 2,078 2 1 962.5
2004 Q1 2,473 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,160 1 0 463.0
2003 Q3 2,450 2 1 816.3
2003 Q2 3,350 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,564 2 1 780.0
2002 Q4 2,659 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,534 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,130 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,067 1 0 483.8
2001 Q4 2,792 9 0 3223.5
2001 Q3 2,246 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,234 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,881 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,308 16 6 6932.4
2000 Q3 1,727 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,526 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,075 5 4 2409.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1996 · 1 incident

July 15, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Mobile Four Corners Division · Fall onto or against objects

GREASING LOADER, SLIPPED OFF BUCKET, FELL INTO BUCKET ARM, SHIPPED FRONT TOOTH IN HALF.

1994 · 1 incident

January 22, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gosney & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING ROCKS OFF OF CONVEYOR WHEN RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS SMASHED BETWEEN ROCK AND CONVEYOR FRAME.

1990 · 1 incident

October 29, 1990 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gosney & Sons Inc · Fall from machine

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A CAT 988 FRONT END LOADER AND LOST HIS FOOTING ON THE STEPS AND FELL TO THE GROUND,INJURING HIS RIGHT KNEE.