Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher # 5 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Pueblo, Pueblo County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0505041

Portable Crusher # 5 has $19K 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
2
Years on record
2019–2022
Latest incident
May 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
72
citations
17
significant & substantial
$18,551
proposed penalties
$18,551
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
29
inspections on record
518
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: 518 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 # 5 has $19K 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 4,668 5 1 1071.1
2025 Q3 4,809 2 2 415.9
2025 Q2 1,910 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,125 2 0 1777.8
2024 Q4 4,832 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,595 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,193 7 1 1348.0
2024 Q1 3,951 2 0 506.2
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,785 4 0 835.9
2023 Q3 4,157 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,336 5 1 1153.1
2023 Q1 3,370 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,218 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,565 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,438 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,262 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,389 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,740 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,289 3 0 567.2
2021 Q1 5,762 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,617 1 1 178.0
2020 Q3 5,711 6 2 1050.6
2020 Q2 5,303 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,467 5 0 1442.2
2019 Q4 2,357 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,047 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,773 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,312 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,624 4 0 865.1
2018 Q3 4,300 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,144 2 0 388.8
2018 Q1 6,566 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,972 5 0 717.2
2017 Q3 7,803 6 4 768.9
2017 Q2 6,385 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 8,097 7 3 864.5
2016 Q4 6,321 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 8,559 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,665 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,850 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,854 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,654 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,699 3 2 1765.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2022 · 1 incident

May 26, 2022 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
A & S Construction Co. · Unclassified, insufficient data

A truck driver was in the pit to get a load of gravel and passed out at the scale house. EMS was called and driver was transported to hospital in Pueblo. Pit supervisor checked on driver later in the day and was told the driver is fine but is being kept for observation. The ill individual is not an employee of the mine.

2019 · 1 incident

April 4, 2019 CO · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A & S Construction Co. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking from control van to screen deck and stepped on a rock and fell down. Supervisor took employee to the hospital, had left leg x-ray found both bones above ankle were broken. Surgery is scheduled for 4.9.19

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The full compliance file on Portable Crusher # 5

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.