Mining Incidents

Wash Plant #5 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Bayfield, La Plata County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0504832

Wash Plant #5 has $2K 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
2019–2023
Latest incident
Jun 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
16
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,862
proposed penalties
$1,803
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $59 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
29
inspections on record
308
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: 308 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wash Plant #5 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-13.
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 2,369 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,118 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,818 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,621 1 0 616.9
2024 Q4 2,292 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,631 2 0 760.2
2024 Q2 2,784 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,178 0 0 0.0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,765 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,780 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,855 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,922 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,617 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,301 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,717 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 895 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,596 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,797 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 531 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,532 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,299 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,597 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,909 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,357 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,566 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 627 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,204 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,744 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,616 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,451 1 0 289.8
2017 Q4 2,646 4 0 1511.7
2017 Q3 2,721 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,465 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 1 0
2014 Q1 482 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,428 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,091 1 0 916.6
2013 Q2 398 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,331 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,831 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,475 1 0 287.8
2011 Q4 2,991 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,226 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,117 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,912 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,494 3 0 2008.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 441 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 829 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,055 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,190 1 0 840.3
2008 Q3 966 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,349 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,581 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,913 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,143 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,552 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,492 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,532 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,208 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,426 1 0 701.3
2006 Q1 1,257 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2023 · 1 incident

June 14, 2023 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oldcastle SW Group Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was assisting changing out a water pump and a section of 10" diameter pvc pipe slipped from it's supported location and landed on employee's right index finger causing slight fracture to tip of finger bone and laceration that required approximately 4 stitches to close.

2019 · 1 incident

October 22, 2019 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oldcastle SW Group Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured employee was cutting a piece of belt to repair a conveyor belt, when the knife the employee was using slipped and employee cut right thigh.

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The full compliance file on Wash Plant #5

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.