Reported a sore wrist from using a shovel and felt a pinch in EE's wrist. EE states EE was using a shovel in a pile of aggregate to put into a 5 gallon bucket to test. EE is a quality control tech.
Pit 25-Morton Lakes Metal/Non-Metal
Pit 25-Morton Lakes has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $143 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 2016–2025
- Latest incident
- Oct 2025
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Pit 25-Morton Lakes has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $143 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 8,234 | 4 | 0 | 485.8 |
| 2025 Q3 | 12,884 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 11,473 | 2 | 1 | 174.3 |
| 2025 Q1 | 10,593 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 8,766 | 2 | 0 | 228.2 |
| 2024 Q3 | 9,329 | 6 | 0 | 643.2 |
| 2024 Q2 | 12,531 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 10,028 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 13,732 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 15,787 | 4 | 0 | 253.4 |
| 2023 Q2 | 16,833 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 14,612 | 3 | 0 | 205.3 |
| 2022 Q4 | 12,487 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 16,084 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 15,585 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 14,375 | 2 | 0 | 139.1 |
| 2021 Q4 | 15,369 | 3 | 0 | 195.2 |
| 2021 Q3 | 16,656 | 2 | 1 | 120.1 |
| 2021 Q2 | 13,850 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 12,795 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 13,374 | 3 | 0 | 224.3 |
| 2020 Q3 | 16,689 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 19,365 | 3 | 2 | 154.9 |
| 2020 Q1 | 16,140 | 1 | 0 | 62.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 14,895 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 15,456 | 6 | 1 | 388.2 |
| 2019 Q2 | 13,889 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 11,646 | 3 | 1 | 257.6 |
| 2018 Q4 | 11,204 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 12,147 | 1 | 0 | 82.3 |
| 2018 Q2 | 13,427 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 13,333 | 1 | 1 | 75.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 11,723 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 12,478 | 3 | 0 | 240.4 |
| 2017 Q2 | 10,661 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 8,818 | 5 | 0 | 567.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 9,871 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 10,896 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 4,496 | 15 | 2 | 3336.3 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,643 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,419 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 627 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 617 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
9 on file2025 · 1 incident
2020 · 1 incident
Was swinging a hammer to hit nut to break it off and piece of metal bounced and hit employee in the face causing a laceration to the upper lip
2019 · 1 incident
Employee was visually inspecting a broken grease line in a man basket (was wearing proper fall protection) on the head wheel of C-7 and failed to follow Lock/Out/Tag/Out procedures. Employee placed hand too close to the sheave & it pulled employee's glove/hand into sheave & employee received stitches on right thumb, right middle finger & partial amputation of right ring finger
2018 · 2 incidents
EE parked EE's machine to use the restroom. When EE returned to the loader, EE grabbed the handrails. When pulling self up, EE felt and heard a "pop" in left shoulder. EE proceeded up the ladder, sat down, and immediately notified the Foreman.
Employee came up to the Scalehouse. Stated that had chest pains. We asked a few questions. EE was responsive and coherent, but pale. We decided to call the paramedics. The paramedics showed up and put monitors on EE. The paramedics took EE via ambulance, to Platte Valley Hospital, in Brighton, CO.
2017 · 3 incidents
EE was connecting a 4" discharge line. The discharge line required Bauer fittings. The last coupling gave EE problems. This connection gave EE problems and took extra effort to seat. this is when EE felt a strain in EE's abdomen.
Employee called me on the company radio around 9am. Employee stated that they were having the same chest pains and tightness that they had the previous week. Decided to take them to the hospital myself. We went to the same hospital, located in Brighton, CO. Platte valley Medical.
Employee finished using the restroom. EE then started complaining of tightness and pain in the chest. EE stated that EE thinks is having a heart attack. 911 was contacted, and we had medical teams dispatched to the site. The EMT's took EE to Platte Valley Hospital, located in Brighton, CO.
2016 · 1 incident
Operating a Cat skid steer, employee bottomed out the seat. After deciding the skid was too small. The employee decided to use a larger piece of equipment. EE had jump start it. Putting the cover back on the battery, the employee was twisting/turning and felt a numbing sensation in EE's back. EE also stated that this is a re-accruing injury.
The full compliance file on Pit 25-Morton Lakes
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.