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WASH PLANT & PORTABLE SCREEN: 30 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Meeker, Rio Blanco County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0504435

WASH PLANT & PORTABLE SCREEN has $3K 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
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Dec 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
30
citations
0
significant & substantial
$3,222
proposed penalties
$3,222
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Meeker Sand & Gravel Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
42
inspections on record
504
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: 504 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 & PORTABLE SCREEN has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-06.
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
6.7%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
36.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.7% low, 86.7% moderate, 6.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2025-07-08
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-07-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2021-05-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-05-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.08 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2016-09-28, 9 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2016-09-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
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. Meeker Sand & Gravel Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 3
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 3
2014 3
2013 2
2012 1
2011 2
2010 2
2009 3
2008 3
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 1
2002 2
2001 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WASH PLANT & PORTABLE SCREEN sits in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 9.1% 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.
Rio Blanco County, Colorado · Population 6,518
9.1%
Mining share of county employment
$72,620
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 1,160 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,917 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 620 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,650 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,370 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,120 2 0 1785.7
2024 Q4 577 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 665 0 0 0.0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 597 2 0 3350.1
2024 Q1 363 2 0 5509.6
2023 Q4 585 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 693 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 672 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 650 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 505 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 714 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 578 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 545 2 0 3669.7
2021 Q4 262 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 775 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 732 1 0 1366.1
2021 Q1 975 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 715 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 645 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 905 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 905 2 0 2209.9
2019 Q3 975 1 0 1025.6
2019 Q2 825 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 585 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 880 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 920 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 725 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 875 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 645 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 725 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 680 2 0 2941.2
2016 Q3 1,125 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 735 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,095 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,175 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,250 2 0 1600.0
2015 Q1 865 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,020 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 895 2 0 2234.6
2014 Q2 750 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 665 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 345 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 215 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 450 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 390 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 920 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,380 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 110 2 0 18181.8
2010 Q4 465 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,300 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 455 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 960 1 0 1041.7
2009 Q3 1,380 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,100 1 0 476.2
2009 Q1 1,500 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,980 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,800 1 0 555.6
2008 Q1 1,398 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,200 1 0 833.3
2007 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,032 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,104 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,350 2 0 1481.5
2006 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,493 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,950 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 960 2 0 2083.3
2003 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 900 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 517 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 949 2 0 2107.5
2002 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,117 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,327 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

December 27, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meeker Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was attempting to move 50-gallon barrels of oil when the rims on the barrels came together, pinching his left thumb. (Cut/bruised - stitches required.)