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Moffat Limestone: 89 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Anson Excavating · Surface
Controlled by Mike T Anson
Craig, Moffat County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0505018

Moffat Limestone has $35K 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
1
Years on record
2021
Latest incident
May 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
89
citations
23
significant & substantial
$34,600
proposed penalties
$34,470
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $130 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Anson Excavating's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
28
inspections on record
490
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: 490 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Moffat Limestone has $35K 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.
$35K
proposed penalties
$34K
current assessed
$34K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
89 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $759 in penalties contested before the Commission, $629 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-15.
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.
25.8%
significant & substantial
21.3%
high negligence or reckless
25.8%
reasonably likely or greater
48.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.6% low, 73.0% moderate, 21.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 100%
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%
17%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$759 proposed, $629 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 2014-01-31.
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
WEST 2014-0345 Settlement Lesnick 2014 $759 → $629
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: 2023-06-28, 3 years ago
9%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz151 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (21)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.68 0.43 1.58 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-06-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 1.61 0.27 Cleanup Man
2023-06-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 1.54 0.39 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-06-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2022-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2022-07-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Supervisor, Co. Official
2022-07-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-12-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.64 0.31 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-12-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.71 0.48 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 0.71 0.93 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-08-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-08-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-08-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-05-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.82 2.63 0.31 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-05-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-05-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 2.14 0.32 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-05-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-10-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.92 1.87 0.49 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 2.54 0.27 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. Anson Excavating 2013 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 6
2024 7
2023 6
2022 6
2021 4
2020 7
2019 6
2018 5
2017 5
2016 4
2015 5
2014 9
2013 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Moffat Limestone sits in Moffat County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 9.5% 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.
Moffat County, Colorado · Population 13,258
9.5%
Mining share of county employment
$70,975
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 2,548 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,358 6 2 4418.3
2025 Q4 6,535 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,199 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,765 3 0 796.8
2025 Q1 1,279 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,701 7 4 1489.0
2024 Q3 5,698 6 1 1053.0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,918 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,832 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,986 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,255 6 1 2660.8
2023 Q1 3,072 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 748 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,041 7 1 2301.9
2022 Q2 2,222 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 448 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,548 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,433 15 1 6165.2
2021 Q2 138 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 424 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 751 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,937 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 364 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,169 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 9,369 7 2 747.1
2019 Q3 1,293 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,540 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,404 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,513 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,664 4 2 1501.5
2018 Q2 1,103 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 994 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,691 1 0 371.6
2017 Q3 3,594 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,066 9 2 2213.5
2017 Q1 2,565 1 0 389.9
2016 Q4 1,418 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,736 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,124 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,118 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 453 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,133 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,864 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 555 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,149 5 3 1587.8
2014 Q3 1,461 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,541 2 0 1297.9
2014 Q1 462 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,305 10 4 2322.9
2013 Q3 5,350 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2021 · 1 incident

May 18, 2021 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anson Excavating · Struck against stationary object

Employee was grabbing a chain that was broke. The end EE grabbed had a bur on it and cut EE's left index finger. Had gloves, but had taken that hand off.