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Track Plant 1: 26 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
Clark, Routt County, CO  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 0504616

Track Plant 1 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1998–2005
Latest incident
Jul 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
26
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,413
proposed penalties
$4,088
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $325 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Elam Sand and Gravel's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
257
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: 257 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Track Plant 1 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $975 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-25.
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.
26.9%
significant & substantial
7.7%
high negligence or reckless
26.9%
reasonably likely or greater
53.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 92.3% moderate, 7.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $975 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2006-03-20.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2006-290M Settlement Manning 2006 $1K → $975
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2014-08-19, 12 years ago
14%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz71 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.4 1.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-08-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.5 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.42 0.57 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.66 0.20 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-06-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.81 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-10-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.79 0.18 Supervisor, Co. Official
2006-10-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.57 0.39 Utility Man
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.
Ownership history
  1. Elam Sand and Gravel 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 1
2024 0
2023 0
2022 3
2021 1
2020 3
2016 0
2015 0
2014 1
2013 3
2011 0
2010 3
2009 2
2008 3
2007 5
2006 4
2005 5
2004 3
2003 8
2002 6
2001 6
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Track Plant 1 sits in Routt 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.
Routt County, Colorado · Population 24,990
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$104,803
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 Q2 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 405 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 293 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 4,200 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 658 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 4 0
2021 Q3 748 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 213 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 278 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 272 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q3 891 6 2 6734.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 446 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 916 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,599 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 628 2 1 3184.7
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 1,286 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 841 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,242 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,596 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,132 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,945 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,237 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,557 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 47 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,537 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,091 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,050 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 868 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 813 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,892 3 1 1037.3
2005 Q2 1,952 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 572 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 975 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,629 4 3 2455.5
2004 Q2 425 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,478 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,881 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,919 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 7,570 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,450 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,652 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,083 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,406 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,324 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,880 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,834 3 0 782.5
2001 Q1 3,302 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,071 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,393 3 0 1253.7
2000 Q2 1,975 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,963 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2005 · 1 incident

July 5, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elam Sand and Gravel · Fall down stairs

Removing steps from a job trailer. The steps came loose from the trailer while the employee was standing on them. Employee fell, twisting and breaking his ankle.

1998 · 1 incident

October 7, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elam Sand and Gravel · Fall from machine

SLIPPED & FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF LOADER TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE