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Lamar Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Lamar, Prowers County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0505026

Lamar Sand & Gravel has $13K 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
2
Years on record
2021
Latest incident
Dec 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
61
citations
5
significant & substantial
$12,911
proposed penalties
$12,911
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
30
inspections on record
543
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: 543 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lamar Sand & Gravel has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 17,358 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 15,824 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 16,583 4 0 241.2
2025 Q1 14,393 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 13,546 2 0 147.6
2024 Q3 11,166 6 1 537.3
2024 Q2 16,287 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 12,806 1 0 78.1
Show 39 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 16,100 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 20,040 4 0 199.6
2023 Q2 18,777 7 0 372.8
2023 Q1 18,449 4 0 216.8
2022 Q4 18,743 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 22,083 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 19,154 3 0 156.6
2022 Q1 17,055 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 17,620 3 0 170.3
2021 Q3 18,843 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 17,956 4 1 222.8
2021 Q1 15,591 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 13,645 1 0 73.3
2020 Q3 17,610 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 20,532 1 0 48.7
2020 Q1 17,335 3 0 173.1
2019 Q4 18,883 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 18,681 7 0 374.7
2019 Q2 17,609 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 13,412 3 0 223.7
2018 Q4 6,764 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,088 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,946 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,545 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 8,684 2 1 230.3
2017 Q3 10,728 1 0 93.2
2017 Q2 10,184 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,678 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 7,507 1 1 133.2
2016 Q3 6,135 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,682 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,742 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,345 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,411 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,409 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,067 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,589 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,025 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,162 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2021 · 2 incidents

December 30, 2021 CO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brannan Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

low light, cold weather, and thick work gloves were contributing factors in the employee smashing the tip of left hand pinky finger between a hammer and steel. The finger tip was swollen and employee was told to not use that finger for the next two weeks by the doctor.

April 8, 2021 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Prowers Aggregate Operators, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was pulling a compressor on wheels while walking backwards. EE tripped over the edge of the loader bucket and fell backwards and landed on EE's rear end. The employee was sent to a doctor for back pain. EE was diagnosed with a lumbar strain. The employee was off of work for 9 days. After the 9 days EE was fully released by EE's doctor.

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