Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
English Español
← Back to search

Monarch Quarry: 37 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Salida, Chaffee County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0500012

Monarch Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Monarch Quarry.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Jul 1985
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
37
citations
12
significant & substantial
$3,389
proposed penalties
$3,389
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Colorado Lime Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
256
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: 256 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Monarch Quarry 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
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-03-31.
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.
32.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
32.4%
reasonably likely or greater
48.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.4% low, 94.6% 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: 2011-03-31, 15 years ago
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-03-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2011-03-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-03-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-05-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Laborer, Bullgang
2006-05-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 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. C F & I Steel Corp 1950 to 1985
  2. Calco Inc 1985 to 1988
  3. Lowry Contracting Inc 1988 to 1999
  4. Colorado Lime Company 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 1
2014 1
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 0
2003 0
2002 0
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Monarch Quarry sits in Chaffee County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Chaffee County, Colorado · Population 19,876
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$70,909
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
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
Show 64 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 498 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 677 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 626 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 588 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,086 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 703 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 728 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,077 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,325 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,564 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,772 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,546 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 492 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,700 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,636 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 187 1 1 5347.6
2010 Q4 1,683 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,077 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 756 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,083 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 908 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 621 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 693 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 205 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 518 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 213 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,237 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 431 3 1 6960.6
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 162 2 0 12345.7
2005 Q2 818 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 17 2 0 117647.1
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 3 1
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 9 3
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 899 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q3 1,465 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,189 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1985 · 1 incident

July 9, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
C F & I Steel Corp · Struck against a moving object

ON 7-9-85 EMP R9PORTED FOR WORK AT 7:00 AM ON HIS REGULARLY SCHEDULED SHIFT. HIS DUTIES WERE TO FEED THE PLANT AND BUILD BERMS. AT APPROX 10:00 AM WHILE DUMPING DIRT TO BUILD BERMS AROUND THE HOLE THAT WAS M5DE FROM EXTRACTING MATERIAL, HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE LOADER AND CONSQUENTLY WENT OVER A 20-FOOT EMBANKMENT. HE TRIED TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN REV ERSE BUT WAS UNABLE TO.