Mining Incidents

Quartz Creek Gravel: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Quartz Creek Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Terry L Helms
Pitkin, Gunnison County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504784

Quartz Creek Gravel has $480 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 2004
8
citations
0
significant & substantial
$480
proposed penalties
$480
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
8
inspections on record
74
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: 74 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quartz Creek Gravel has $480 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.
$480
proposed penalties
$480
current assessed
$480
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-01-18.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
25.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 75.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Quartz Creek Gravel 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 0
2007 2
2006 1
2005 2
2004 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Quartz Creek Gravel sits in Gunnison County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Gunnison County, Colorado · Population 17,158
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$77,358
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
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 101 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1 0 1 0
2005 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 147 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 121 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 213 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 125 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 48 7 0 145833.3

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.