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Portable Crushing Plant #6 Metal/Non-Metal

Alamosa, Kiowa County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2902222

Portable Crushing Plant #6 has $87K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 15 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2003–2004
Latest incident
May 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
209
citations
70
significant & substantial
$87,075
proposed penalties
$65,380
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $21,695 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
56
inspections on record
812
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: 812 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 #6 has $87K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 15 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.
$87K
proposed penalties
$65K
current assessed
$65K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
209 assessments are final orders; 15 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 137 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 970 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 942 10 3 10615.7
2018 Q2 4,479 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,044 18 7 3568.6
2017 Q4 4,236 1 1 236.1
2017 Q3 4,403 23 12 5223.7
2017 Q2 5,721 8 3 1398.4
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 4,041 1 0 247.5
2016 Q3 2,496 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,846 15 4 8125.7
2016 Q1 1,089 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 57 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,976 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 870 20 9 22988.5
2015 Q1 4,476 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,843 3 1 1627.8
2014 Q3 2,123 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 586 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,442 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,669 6 1 2248.0
2013 Q2 2,692 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,486 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,075 5 0 2409.6
2012 Q3 1,579 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,916 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 598 15 8 25083.6
2011 Q4 2,261 1 0 442.3
2011 Q3 1,766 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,548 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,354 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,369 1 1 422.1
2010 Q3 3,157 5 2 1583.8
2010 Q2 2,533 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,423 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 529 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,726 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,525 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,079 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,188 11 4 3450.4
2008 Q3 2,813 3 0 1066.5
2008 Q2 2,448 3 2 1225.5
2008 Q1 3,025 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,447 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,242 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,606 1 0 277.3
2007 Q1 2,256 13 2 5762.4
2006 Q4 1,761 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 3,969 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,656 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,243 6 0 2675.0
2005 Q3 1,975 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,346 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,557 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,780 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,459 2 0 578.2
2004 Q2 4,527 7 0 1546.3
2004 Q1 4,249 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,552 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8,433 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,313 13 4 2446.8
2003 Q1 4,351 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,869 9 0 1848.4
2002 Q3 5,675 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,929 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,370 8 5 1830.7
2001 Q4 4,930 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,337 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2004 · 1 incident

2003 · 3 incidents

June 14, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southway Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING CO-WORKER PUT ON A PATCH ON THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. THEY GOT READY TO MOVE THE BELT SO AS TO GET TO THE OUTER CLIPS. CO-WORKER TOLDEE AND OTHER EE'S TO WATCH OUT HE WAS GOING TO BUMP THE CONVEYOR. EE THOUGHT HE SAID TO PULL THE BELT BY HAND. WHEN CO-WORKER HIT THE BUTTON, EE GRABBED THE BELT AND THE BELT BROKE HIS RT. FINGER AND CUT HIS OTHER FINGER.

March 24, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal
Southway Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING UNDER THE JCI SCREEN HE SAID HEHIT THE BELT WITH THE SHOVEL & THE RETURN ROLLERGOT THE SHOVEL, SO HE TRIED TO GRAB THE SHOVEL &GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT IN THE RET ROLLER & PUT LEFT ARM UP AGAINST THE BELT TO PULL HIS HAND OUT, & GOT BELT BURNS ON LEFT HAND & ARM

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