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.
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.
Of $118 in penalties contested before the Commission, $118 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-07.
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.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$118 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 2018-05-31.
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.
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: 2025-07-09
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (16)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-07-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.1
0.24
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-07-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2025-07-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2025-07-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.76
0.36
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-06-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
0.69
0.52
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-06-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.49
0.81
0.60
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.88
0.32
Washer Operator
2021-06-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
0.81
0.48
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-06-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
Washer Operator
2019-10-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
1.13
0.40
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-10-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.62
0.79
0.78
Washer Operator
2018-10-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2018-10-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-10-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
3
2025
3
2024
4
2023
6
2022
6
2021
5
2020
5
2019
4
2018
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Western Gravel Inc. sits in Montrose 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.
Montrose County, Colorado · Population 43,272
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,072
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
1,132
5
0
4417.0
2026 Q1
1,013
0
0
0.0
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
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
1,755
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
1,613
0
0
0.0
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
11
0
5245.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2019 · 1 incident
March 19, 2019CO · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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