Telluride Airport Pit has $34K 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
5
Years on record
2015–2024
Latest incident
Jun 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
71
citations
24
significant & substantial
$33,541
proposed penalties
$33,541
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 839 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Telluride Airport Pit has $34K 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$34K
current assessed
$34K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-12.
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: 2024-08-20
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
26
samples
22
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2211 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (26)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-08-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.23
1.22
Washer Operator
2023-05-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.3
1.07
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2022-06-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
0.28
1.07
Cutting Mach Operator
2022-06-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.63
0.28
2.25
Cutting Mach Operator
2022-02-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.35
0.26
5.19
Cutting Mach Operator
2022-02-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.82
0.26
3.15
Cutting Mach Operator
2018-05-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
0.2
1.80
Cutting Mach Operator
2018-04-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.6
0.21
2.86
Cutting Mach Operator
2018-04-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.6
0.21
2.86
Cutting Mach Operator
2017-09-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.64
0.24
2.67
Cutting Mach Operator
2017-09-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.86
0.21
4.10
Cutting Mach Operator
2024-08-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.3
0.73
Laborer, Bullgang
2024-08-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2024-08-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.28
0.43
Laborer, Bullgang
2024-08-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.24
0.58
Washer Operator
2023-05-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.46
0.59
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2023-05-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.35
0.40
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2023-05-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.43
0.30
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2023-05-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.35
0.37
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2022-07-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cutting Mach Operator
2022-02-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cutting Mach Operator
2022-02-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.18
0.89
Cutting Mach Operator
2018-10-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.28
0.68
Cutting Mach Operator
2018-05-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cutting Mach Operator
2017-09-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.21
0.90
Cutting Mach Operator
2017-09-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.21
0.95
Cutting Mach Helper
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2018-10-11, 7 years ago
3
samples
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2018-10-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
SF ORE TRANSFER
2018-05-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
SF ORE PROCESSING
2018-05-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
SF ORE PROCESSING
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.
Telluride Airport Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Colorado, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.64 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
5.78
5.78
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
6.67
6.67
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
11.09
5.55
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
14
2025
16
2024
19
2023
21
2022
18
2021
15
2020
15
2019
17
2018
16
2017
19
2016
25
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Telluride Airport Pit sits in San Miguel County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
San Miguel County, Colorado · Population 8,026
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$80,117
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
2026 Q1
4,204
2
0
475.7
2025 Q4
16
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
8,177
2
0
244.6
2025 Q2
8,840
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
5,304
3
0
565.6
2024 Q4
9,912
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
9,120
1
0
109.6
2024 Q2
8,160
0
0
0.0
Show 31 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1
7,389
3
0
406.0
2023 Q4
9,538
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
11,011
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
11,520
4
2
347.2
2023 Q1
6,840
2
2
292.4
2022 Q4
10,031
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
8,023
1
1
124.6
2022 Q2
6,691
1
0
149.5
2022 Q1
5,248
6
6
1143.3
2021 Q4
6,376
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
5,648
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
6,588
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
6,393
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
6,964
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
6,522
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
6,141
1
1
162.8
2019 Q4
6,836
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
6,937
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
8,150
8
1
981.6
2019 Q1
6,193
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
8,180
2
0
244.5
2018 Q3
5,765
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
7,965
8
5
1004.4
2018 Q1
5,502
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
9,395
9
2
958.0
2017 Q3
7,460
4
0
536.2
2017 Q2
11,145
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
8,062
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
20,483
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
10,584
1
0
94.5
2016 Q2
9,826
7
3
712.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2024 · 1 incident
June 3, 2024CO · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While replacing dust bag on a filter motor the worker was reaching up and lost footing causing worker to reflexively grab at a bar and three finger tips on the right were pinched and cut between a bracket.
2022 · 1 incident
June 27, 2022CO · Metal/Non-Metalstone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmerMACHINERY
While loading rock onto the stone splitter, employee's 3rd and 4th fingers on left hand were injured. The tips of the finger were clipped by the chisels coming down.
2017 · 2 incidents
October 13, 2017CO · Metal/Non-Metalstone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was loading rock onto belt for splitting. Another rock fell on EE's finger. EE's right hand was caught between the rock EE was holding and the rock that fell. The 4th finger (ring finger) on right hand was broken.
October 3, 2017CO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT