Mining Incidents

Salt Canyon: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

GCC Rio Grande Inc · Surface
Controlled by GCC SAB de CV
Penrose, Fremont County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504974

Salt Canyon has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10 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 2013
11
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,181
proposed penalties
$1,171
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
12
inspections on record
111
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: 111 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Salt Canyon has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$10
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-11-26.
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.
9.1%
significant & substantial
9.1%
high negligence or reckless
9.1%
reasonably likely or greater
9.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 81.8% moderate, 9.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. GCC Rio Grande Inc 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 3
2017 2
2016 1
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Salt Canyon sits in Fremont County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Fremont County, Colorado · Population 49,394
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$61,027
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
2018 Q4 133 1 1 7518.8
2018 Q3 249 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 208 1 0 4807.7
2018 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 68 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 450 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 944 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 280 1 0 3571.4
2015 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 320 1 0 3125.0
2014 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 496 3 0 6048.4
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 768 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,007 2 0 1986.1
2013 Q1 528 1 0 1893.9
2012 Q4 724 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.