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Wash Plant #5: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Bayfield, La Plata County, CO  ·  Intermittent
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.
See Oldcastle SW Group Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Of $177 in penalties contested before the Commission, $118 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-13.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
18.8%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
6.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.2% low, 75.0% moderate, 18.8% 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 · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
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%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$177 proposed, $118 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 2018-02-28.
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 2018-0258 Settlement Lesnick 2018 $177 → $118
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: 2026-06-30
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Hydrating Plant Operator
2024-09-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2024-09-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-12-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2023-12-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-12-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.64 0.30 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2021-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2017-06-08, 9 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2017-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 MP WASH/SCREEN
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. Sky Ute Sand & Gravel, LLC 2005 to 2011
  2. Oldcastle SW Group Inc 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 6
2024 6
2023 7
2022 6
2021 2
2020 3
2019 4
2018 5
2017 6
2014 2
2013 4
2012 7
2011 7
2010 3
2009 2
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wash Plant #5 sits in La Plata 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.
La Plata County, Colorado · Population 56,088
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$85,296
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 2,665 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,100 0 0 0.0
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
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,784 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,178 0 0 0.0
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.