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High Country Aggregates II: 26 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Montrose, Montrose County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504527

High Country Aggregates II has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1994–2006
Latest incident
Nov 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
26
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,637
proposed penalties
$2,637
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Sky Ute Sand & Gravel, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
223
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: 223 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

High Country Aggregates II has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-11-18.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
36.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.0% low, 88.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2005-05-04, 21 years ago
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz31 over
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-05-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.76 0.67 1.13 Cleanup Man
2005-05-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.68 0.86 0.79 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 0.7 0.71 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.
Ownership history
  1. High Country Aggregates Inc 1993 to 1999
  2. High Country Aggregates 1999 to 2005
  3. Sky Ute Sand & Gravel, LLC 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 0
2009 0
2008 2
2007 3
2006 3
2005 5
2004 4
2003 4
2002 6
2001 5
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

High Country Aggregates II sits in Montrose 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.
Montrose County, Colorado · Population 43,272
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,072
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
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 1 0
2008 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
Show 34 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2 878 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,243 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,473 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,001 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,328 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,174 2 1 1703.6
2006 Q4 1,534 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,552 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,318 1 0 758.7
2006 Q1 2,756 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,491 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,837 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,342 2 0 854.0
2005 Q1 1,727 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,455 4 2 1629.3
2004 Q3 1,900 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,686 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,987 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,697 1 0 589.3
2003 Q3 1,397 4 0 2863.3
2003 Q2 1,848 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,015 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,411 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,124 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,006 7 2 3489.5
2002 Q1 1,888 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,717 1 0 582.4
2001 Q3 1,911 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,816 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,869 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,811 3 0 1656.5
2000 Q3 2,381 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,621 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,227 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2006 · 2 incidents

November 7, 2006 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sky Ute Sand & Gravel, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Miner was attempting to climb a set of stairs into mobile control van, when his foot slipped off step, resulting in a twisting and hitting of his knee on step. Stairs have been replaced with new set providing a safer angle of rise and run.

March 22, 2006 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sky Ute Sand & Gravel, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was injured by pry bar that was used as a guide for pulling a rope by a front end loader installing new feed belt on screen conveyor. Miner received contusion to left shoulder.

2004 · 1 incident

July 30, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
High Country Aggregates · Fall from machine

Employee slipped coming out of loader-hit rib cage and back on side of loader. he then fell on down to the ground landing on his back causing injury to ribs, liver and kidneys. prior to accident ee had signs of blood in his uring approx. thru works before believes to have been from rough ground in loader. however, it has cleared up.

1995 · 1 incident

1994 · 2 incidents

December 21, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
High Country Aggregates Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE SLIPPED ON ICE & BRUISED SHOULDER. X-RAYS TAKEN.

February 15, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
High Country Aggregates Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS USING A LONG HANDLED RAKE TO REMOVE DEBRIS FROM AROUND CRUSHER. THE RAKE MADE CONTACT WITH A PART (MOVING) & KNOCKED THE EMPLOYEE INTO A GUARD & INTO THE CONVEYOR. RESULTED IN MULTUPL E FACIAL FRACTURES & BROKEN JAW.