Parsons Sand and Gravel has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1984–2022
Latest incident
Aug 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
74
citations
15
significant & substantial
$11,013
proposed penalties
$10,473
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $540 gap.
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: 735 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Parsons Sand and Gravel has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $791 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-15.
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.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 75%
Stood as issued
1 · 25%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
41%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $791 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 2023-04-18.
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.
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: 2026-07-09
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Show the individual readings (23)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-07-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2026-07-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.59
0.25
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2026-07-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.54
0.24
Utility Man
2025-05-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2025-05-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2023-09-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-09-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-12-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2019-12-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2017-10-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2017-10-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2017-10-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2013-10-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Oiler, Greaser
2013-10-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
1.03
0.12
Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-07-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2003-04-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Belt Cleaner
2003-04-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.71
0.27
Cleanup Man
2002-08-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.66
0.23
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-08-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.62
0.23
Belt Cleaner
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
7
2025
5
2024
7
2023
7
2022
7
2021
8
2020
7
2019
4
2018
6
2017
3
2016
3
2015
5
2014
7
2013
7
2012
6
2011
6
2010
6
2009
3
2008
5
2007
4
2006
7
2005
6
2004
5
2003
5
2002
6
2001
6
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Parsons Sand and Gravel sits in Weld County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Weld County, Colorado · Population 340,711
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$93,287
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
4,692
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
4,212
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
3,073
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
3,629
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
3,247
1
0
308.0
2025 Q1
3,171
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
3,233
1
1
309.3
2024 Q3
3,497
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
4,374
1
0
228.6
2024 Q1
3,738
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
4,154
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
4,229
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
5,320
1
0
188.0
2023 Q1
4,937
1
0
202.6
2022 Q4
4,283
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
5,515
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
5,653
1
0
176.9
2022 Q1
4,347
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
4,605
3
0
651.5
2021 Q3
2,671
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
4,615
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
4,285
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
3,743
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
3,961
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
5,061
3
0
592.8
2020 Q1
3,004
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
2,533
1
0
394.8
2019 Q3
2,559
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,893
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
2,320
1
0
431.0
2018 Q4
2,514
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,423
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
3,047
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1,573
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,056
2
0
972.8
2017 Q3
370
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,662
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
0
0
0
2016 Q3
1,118
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,300
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
990
6
0
6060.6
2015 Q4
1,976
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,856
1
0
538.8
2015 Q2
2,643
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,607
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
3,371
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
4,510
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
6,464
2
2
309.4
2014 Q1
4,699
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
3,947
2
0
506.7
2013 Q3
5,230
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,344
1
0
230.2
2013 Q1
3,161
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
4,414
2
0
453.1
2012 Q3
5,810
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,557
1
0
281.1
2012 Q1
3,133
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
2,974
1
1
336.2
2011 Q3
4,444
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
5,387
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
1,996
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,149
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
6,268
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
4,528
2
1
441.7
2010 Q1
631
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
0
1
0
2009 Q3
3,090
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
2,855
1
0
350.3
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
1,413
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
2,797
4
2
1430.1
2008 Q2
2,799
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
1,075
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,076
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
2,761
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,837
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
2,325
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
3,385
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
3,358
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
3,001
1
1
333.2
2005 Q4
3,040
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,275
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,610
13
4
1708.3
2005 Q1
3,436
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
2,982
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
3,553
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,699
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,473
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
2,860
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
3,623
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,404
2
0
587.5
2003 Q1
2,224
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
3,139
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
3,835
2
0
521.5
2002 Q2
3,754
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
1,945
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,670
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
4,430
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
3,589
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,720
4
1
1470.6
2000 Q4
3,424
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,809
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,399
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
3,198
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2022 · 1 incident
August 17, 2022CO · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The injured employee (IE) was operating a CAT D8T dozer to push material to the loader operator. As the IE was exiting the D8T dozer, the IE's heel was caught on the track causing IE to fall to the ground level. The IE was evaluated at the local ER and determined to have a fracture to IE's L3 disc. No further treatment was necessary.
2007 · 1 incident
November 6, 2007CO · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was using a hammer when he struck his finger. The finger was resting against a piece of angle iron when it was hit. The employee received three stitches in his finger and returned to work the next work day.
2001 · 1 incident
August 8, 2001CO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMP WAS STANDIN1 ON TRACK OF DOZER TO CHECK RADIATOR FLUID LEVEL. HE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT RIB CAGE ON THE BRACE BETWEEN THE DOZER AND THE DOZER ARM
1984 · 1 incident
August 9, 1984CO · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS USING A TROLLEY DESIGNED TO LIFT A VERTICLE LOADTO LIFT A TANGEAIAL LOAD WHEN TRLOOEY DUMPED STOP & HIT EE ON BACK OF HEAD. HE THEN FELL 25\ TO THE SURFACE & BROKE HIS NECK. EE CONDIT ION CRITICAL/STABLE. % OF DISABILITY UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.