Mining Incidents

UTE PASS CONCRETE SAND & GRAVEL: 37 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Ute Pass Concrete Sand & Gravel Inc · Surface
Controlled by Chris Pyles; Sue Pyles
Woodland Park, Teller County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503962

UTE PASS CONCRETE SAND & GRAVEL has $3K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
37
citations
10
significant & substantial
$3,425
proposed penalties
$3,425
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
7
inspections on record
120
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: 120 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

UTE PASS CONCRETE SAND & GRAVEL has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-06-24.
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.
29.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
29.4%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
WEST20000196M Settlement Manning 2001 $4K → $3K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Pine Creek Aggregates 1984 to 1986
  2. Ute Pass Concrete Sand & Gravel Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

UTE PASS CONCRETE SAND & GRAVEL sits in Teller County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Teller County, Colorado · Population 24,774
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$80,666
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
2004 Q3 209 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 160 6 2 37500.0
2004 Q1 165 19 6 115151.5
2003 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 960 5 1 5208.3
2003 Q2 143 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3 384 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 175 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 184 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 288 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 320 7 1 21875.0
2000 Q1 240 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.