96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,032 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1,015
inspections on record
14,386
inspection hours
5.8
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.
829 citations across 14,386 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$113K
proposed penalties
$109K
current assessed
$109K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
813 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
July 29, 2025CA · Metal/Non-Metalrotary bucket excavator operatorFatality · MACHINERY
Cold Spring Granite Company · Struck against a moving object
Operator was backing up close to the edge at a berm and was facing the opposite way. Operator was pulled backwards by the counter weight, operator attempted to turn the machine to stop it from rolling into the ditch.
December 1, 1993WI · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Cold Spring Granite Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING DOG HOLES IN STONE HE WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE PLUG DRILL WHICH HE WAS OPERATING & THE COUNTERWEIGHTS ON THE LOADER WHICH WAS BACKING UP CRUSHING HIM TO DEATH
March 25, 1986SD · Metal/Non-Metaldrill operatorFatality · MACHINERY
Cold Spring Granite Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS DRILLING3WITH JACK HAMMER DRILL STEEL BROKE EE FELL BACKWARDS 14' INTO TRENCH.
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