Mining Incidents

Suncore West Colorado Metal/Non-Metal

Kannah Creek, Mesa County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0504680

Suncore West Colorado has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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
76
citations
17
significant & substantial
$9,547
proposed penalties
$9,447
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
51
inspections on record
569
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: 569 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Suncore West Colorado has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 2,060 2 1 970.9
2025 Q3 1,017 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,945 2 0 1028.3
2025 Q1 1,910 3 0 1570.7
2024 Q4 1,880 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,131 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,169 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,697 1 0 589.3
Show 87 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,637 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,886 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,209 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,082 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,982 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,747 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,070 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,098 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 893 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,128 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,208 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,567 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,060 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 978 2 0 2045.0
2018 Q3 1,064 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,117 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,117 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,027 2 1 1947.4
2017 Q3 1,177 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,116 3 0 2688.2
2017 Q1 995 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,157 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 910 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,124 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,041 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 962 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,030 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,002 3 0 2994.0
2015 Q1 1,049 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,068 1 1 936.3
2014 Q3 1,118 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,078 5 1 4638.2
2014 Q1 1,013 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,139 3 2 2633.9
2013 Q3 1,108 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,437 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,009 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,008 3 2 2976.2
2012 Q3 1,229 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 651 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,390 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 820 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,120 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,262 4 1 3169.6
2011 Q1 1,597 2 0 1252.3
2010 Q4 2,149 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,572 4 1 2544.5
2010 Q2 745 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 956 1 0 1046.0
2009 Q4 2,028 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,378 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,084 3 1 1439.5
2009 Q1 1,122 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 800 3 0 3750.0
2008 Q3 689 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,178 2 0 1697.8
2008 Q1 2,335 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,348 3 0 1277.7
2007 Q3 2,309 5 1 2165.4
2007 Q2 2,757 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,781 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 871 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,024 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,128 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,579 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,879 2 0 1064.4
2005 Q3 1,971 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,762 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,944 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,708 5 1 2927.4
2004 Q3 1,791 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,924 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,976 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,021 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,595 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,597 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,761 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,537 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,553 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,366 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,351 1 0 740.2
2001 Q4 1,277 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,265 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,064 1 1 939.8
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,585 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,106 10 3 4748.3

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.

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