Portable Unit #1 Metal/Non-Metal
Colorado Quarries Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Bill Tezak
Canon City,
Fremont County,
CO
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0504199
Portable Unit #1 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
95
citations
22
significant & substantial
$18,815
proposed penalties
$18,815
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
52
inspections on record
689
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: 689 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 Unit #1 has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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.$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
94 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 1,285 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,016 | 5 | 2 | 4921.3 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,033 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,011 | 4 | 0 | 3956.5 |
| 2024 Q4 | 545 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 120000.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,308 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,246 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,099 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 553 | 2 | 0 | 3616.6 |
| 2023 Q2 | 881 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 723 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 746 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,085 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 896 | 1 | 0 | 1116.1 |
| 2022 Q1 | 783 | 3 | 0 | 3831.4 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,225 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 826 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,326 | 2 | 0 | 1508.3 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,476 | 2 | 1 | 1355.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 674 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 918 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 644 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 567 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 628 | 9 | 1 | 14331.2 |
| 2019 Q3 | 584 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 470 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 295 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 998 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 802 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 829 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 550 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 822 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 269 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 919 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 703 | 3 | 1 | 4267.4 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,000 | 2 | 0 | 1000.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 783 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,308 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 774 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 629 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,227 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,555 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 575 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 319 | 3 | 0 | 9404.4 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,610 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,039 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 903 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 490 | 3 | 0 | 6122.4 |
| 2013 Q1 | 843 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 689 | 2 | 0 | 2902.8 |
| 2012 Q3 | 814 | 1 | 0 | 1228.5 |
| 2012 Q2 | 607 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 520 | 1 | 0 | 1923.1 |
| 2011 Q4 | 607 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 607 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 693 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 607 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 607 | 10 | 1 | 16474.5 |
| 2010 Q2 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 316 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 221 | 2 | 0 | 9049.8 |
| 2008 Q3 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2007 Q3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 693 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 359 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 885 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q1 | 700 | 2 | 2 | 2857.1 |
| 2005 Q4 | 730 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 906 | 4 | 0 | 4415.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 995 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 1,061 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,251 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 1,066 | 3 | 2 | 2814.3 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,386 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 499 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 1,056 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 1,504 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 1,245 | 5 | 3 | 4016.1 |
| 2003 Q1 | 1,504 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 1,773 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 1,012 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 1,488 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 1,496 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 1,556 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 1,496 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 1,584 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 1,497 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 1,332 | 11 | 7 | 8258.3 |
| 2000 Q3 | 1,689 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 1,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 2,193 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Portable Unit #1
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.