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Portable Crushing Plant #5: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Cripple Creek, Adams County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504110

Portable Crushing Plant #5 has $69K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 12 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Apr 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
97
citations
42
significant & substantial
$69,294
proposed penalties
$48,862
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20,432 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Southway Construction Co. Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
690
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: 690 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 Crushing Plant #5 has $69K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 12 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.
$69K
proposed penalties
$49K
current assessed
$49K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 12 contested dockets.
Of $62K in penalties contested before the Commission, $42K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-12-10.
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.
43.8%
significant & substantial
12.5%
high negligence or reckless
43.8%
reasonably likely or greater
69.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.0% none, 6.2% low, 80.2% moderate, 12.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
43 citations taken to the federal commission · 44% of citations on record
  • Settled 39 · 91%
  • Stood as issued 3 · 7%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 2%
67%
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 30 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$33K proposed, $22K 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 2014-09-02.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST20020266M Settlement Manning 2002 $27K → $18K
WEST 2014-0975 Settlement Miller 2015 $20K → $14K
WEST 2014-0551 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $6K → $3K
WEST 2010-1845M Dismissal Manning 2011 $3K → $2K
WEST 2009-659M Settlement Manning 2010 $2K → $2K
WEST 2003-444-M Settlement Manning 2003 $2K → $2K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2009-06-10, 17 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-06-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 1.22 0.47 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.59 0.41 Cleanup Man
2005-05-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.47 0.79 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-05-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.67 0.34 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.53 0.72 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-11-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 2.4 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-11-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 1.48 0.22 Bulldozer 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. Southway Construction Co. Inc. 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 0
2014 3
2013 4
2012 5
2011 5
2010 4
2009 7
2008 2
2007 6
2006 6
2005 13
2004 4
2003 5
2002 5
2001 9
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crushing Plant #5 sits in Adams County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Adams County, Colorado · Population 524,408
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$91,387
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
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 2 0
2014 Q3 768 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 493 10 8 20284.0
2014 Q1 2,106 6 4 2849.0
2013 Q4 41 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,814 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,374 8 5 5822.4
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4 277 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,245 7 5 3118.0
2012 Q1 655 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,065 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,553 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 2 1
2010 Q4 177 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 338 5 1 14792.9
2010 Q2 334 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,976 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 445 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,333 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,538 1 0 650.2
2009 Q1 1,538 14 5 9102.7
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 628 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 302 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,325 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,769 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,330 9 2 2702.7
2006 Q4 2,630 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,369 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,990 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,225 6 1 1860.5
2005 Q4 3,887 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,296 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,801 1 0 263.1
2005 Q1 2,563 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,865 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,535 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,917 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,392 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,907 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,659 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,528 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,550 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,217 1 0 451.1
2002 Q3 2,227 2 1 898.1
2002 Q2 2,133 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,153 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,139 3 1 955.7
2001 Q3 4,433 3 2 676.7
2001 Q2 4,602 3 2 651.9
2001 Q1 2,890 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,075 12 4 2944.8
2000 Q3 4,995 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,791 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,357 2 0 459.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 25, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Southway Construction Co. Inc. · Struck by falling object

THE VICTIM, A LOADER OPERATOR, WAS CLEANING MATERIAL FROM A STACKER CONVEYOR WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK ONE OF THE LEG SUPPORTS, KNOCKING THE CONVEYOR OVER. A SECOND LOADER OPERATOR WAS SUMMONED TO LIFT & RESET THE CONVEYOR. THE RIGGING FAILED AND THE CONVEYOR FELL, STRIKING THE VICTIM AS HE WALKED UNDER THE RAISED CONVEYOR