Mining Incidents

Western Gravel Inc. Metal/Non-Metal

Western Gravel Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Judy DeVincentis
Montrose, Montrose County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0505086

Western Gravel Inc. has $20K 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
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Mar 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
83
citations
34
significant & substantial
$20,014
proposed penalties
$20,014
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
21
inspections on record
366
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: 366 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Western Gravel Inc. has $20K 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-07.
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 1,575 1 0 634.9
2025 Q3 2,997 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,676 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,268 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,783 1 0 560.9
2024 Q3 2,306 2 0 867.3
2024 Q2 1,755 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,613 0 0 0.0
Show 24 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,502 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,225 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,385 1 1 295.4
2023 Q1 3,122 1 0 320.3
2022 Q4 2,526 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,695 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,936 4 3 1016.3
2022 Q1 2,939 5 2 1701.3
2021 Q4 3,545 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,081 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,731 14 10 2959.2
2021 Q1 3,287 8 5 2433.8
2020 Q4 4,129 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,698 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,030 23 11 5707.2
2020 Q1 2,912 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,426 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,938 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,827 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,971 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,639 6 1 1648.8
2018 Q3 2,116 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,831 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,097 12 1 5722.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

March 19, 2019 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Steincrusher, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While fabricating a metal rack, employee tipped rack with a forklift to paint all sides. The rack was not secured rolled forward and struck employee knocking arm to ground resulting in a broken arm

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