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: 182 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Specialty Crusher has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-11-07.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2001-11-07, 24 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2001-11-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scraper Operator
2001-11-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2003
0
2002
2
2001
2
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Specialty Crusher sits in La Plata County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
La Plata County, Colorado · Population 56,088
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$85,296
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
2003 Q2
0
0
0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
418
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,217
1
0
451.1
2001 Q4
3,397
19
5
5593.2
2001 Q3
2,060
12
7
5825.2
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2
0
0
0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
4,942
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,599
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,527
1
1
283.5
2000 Q1
1,534
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2002 · 1 incident
March 12, 2002CO · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS LIFTING AN END OF A METAL WEAR PLATE WITH ANOTHER EE ON THE OTHER END LIFTING ALSO. THE TWO LIFTED THE METAL UP ONTO THE CRUSHER. EE STATES HE FELT FINE UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING WHEN HE A WOKE AND HAD PAIN IN THE ABDOMEN AREA.
1996 · 1 incident
February 19, 1996CO · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WS ON A CREW WHICH WAS TEARING DOWN AND MOVING THE CRUSHER. HE WASS DIGGING OUT SOME OF THE BIGGER ROCK FROM BENEATH THE CRUSHER AND STRAINED HIMSELLF BETWEEN HIS BLADES. IT CAUSED SEVERE PAIN TO TORSO AND ESP. RIBS AND BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES.
1995 · 1 incident
November 1, 1995CO · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS ON HIS KNEES DIGGING GRAVEL FROM AROUND THE CRUSHER. HIS RIGHT KNEE BECAME SWOLLEN. HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY, THE NEXT DAY.
1994 · 2 incidents
November 10, 1994CO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED WAS REACHING UP TO PULL HIMSELF OUT OF CRUSHER FEEDER AND PULLED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
October 12, 1994CO · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS