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Portable Crusher #1: 68 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Baggs, Moffat County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0504854

Portable Crusher #1 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 2023. MSHA has proposed $10K in penalties since 2010.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2023–2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
68
citations
18
significant & substantial
$9,864
proposed penalties
$9,864
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Oldcastle SW Group, Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
41
inspections on record
496
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: 496 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher #1 has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-16.
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.
26.5%
significant & substantial
17.6%
high negligence or reckless
26.5%
reasonably likely or greater
38.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.9% low, 79.4% moderate, 17.6% 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: 2023-11-30
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-11-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.78 0.24 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-11-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.1 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-02-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-04-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-04-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-04-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.14 0.22 Bobcat Operator
2008-05-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.9 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-05-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.86 0.30 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. A & S Construction Co. 2006 to 2024
  2. Oldcastle SW Group, Inc 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 6
2024 5
2023 6
2022 4
2021 5
2020 6
2019 7
2018 5
2017 6
2016 4
2015 8
2014 4
2013 6
2012 5
2011 6
2010 7
2009 1
2008 3
2007 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Portable Crusher #1 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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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 2,433 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,108 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,866 2 0 697.8
2025 Q3 3,804 3 0 788.6
2025 Q2 3,030 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,206 1 0 829.2
2024 Q4 2,235 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,448 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,816 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,426 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,961 1 0 509.9
2023 Q3 2,575 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,002 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,064 2 0 652.7
2022 Q4 2,144 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,560 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,287 1 0 437.3
2022 Q1 1,865 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,610 7 2 2682.0
2021 Q3 2,593 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,302 1 0 434.4
2021 Q1 1,931 2 0 1035.7
2020 Q4 1,338 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,873 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,698 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,198 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,351 7 1 2977.5
2019 Q3 3,433 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 946 3 0 3171.2
2019 Q1 2,089 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 754 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,869 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,775 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,230 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,645 2 0 756.1
2017 Q3 6,148 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,721 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 830 1 0 1204.8
2016 Q4 3,201 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,613 2 1 553.6
2016 Q2 2,295 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,880 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,931 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,571 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,452 3 0 673.9
2015 Q1 3,162 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,508 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,514 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,176 4 2 3401.4
2014 Q1 1,359 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,696 1 0 370.9
2013 Q3 2,693 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,389 4 0 2879.8
2013 Q1 1,265 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,066 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 963 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 811 4 3 4932.2
2012 Q1 657 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,373 8 5 3371.3
2011 Q3 875 1 0 1142.9
2011 Q2 4,050 3 2 740.7
2011 Q1 965 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,416 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,850 3 2 1052.6
2010 Q2 1,430 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 319 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 1,510 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 143 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,238 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,288 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,708 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2026 · 1 incident

January 28, 2026 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oldcastle SW Group, Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was rigging up the cone ring to remove it from the cone. It got bound up at an angle and would not move. EE reset the rigging then started to descend from cone. The cone ring did not have any pressure from the rigging. Descending from the cone onto the platform EE put EE's hand out for support, the ring fell into its resting position just 2" from bound position.

2025 · 1 incident

June 24, 2025 CO · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oldcastle SW Group, Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee went to change the cross-conveyor belt using a tool box knife to cut the old belt and pulled it towards themselves, cutting their thumb through their glove.

2023 · 1 incident

February 8, 2023 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
A & S Construction Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping change cutting edge on skid steer. Employee was holding bolt head with hand when other employee tightened nut with electric impact spinning nut in employee 1's hand cutting EE's finger resulting in 5 stitches.