Mining Incidents

Amrize Canon City Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Canon City, Fremont County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0500073

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
2000–2025
Latest incident
Mar 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
163
citations
32
significant & substantial
$31,680
proposed penalties
$25,212
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 13,147 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 11,315 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 11,811 5 0 423.3
2024 Q4 15,487 9 2 581.1
2024 Q2 14,252 5 0 350.8
2024 Q1 17,200 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 11,851 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,457 4 0 423.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2025 · 1 incident

March 25, 2025 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amrize West Central Inc. · Struck by falling object

The worker was reinstalling a spring onto a tension pulley system. During this process the worker was holding the pulley up with EE's right hand and installing a plate with EE's left hand, when the pulley slipped from EE's right hand and made contact with EE's left thumb.

2020 · 1 incident

2019 · 2 incidents

January 11, 2019 CO · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tezak Heavy Equipment, LLC · Fall from piled material

Employee was in a kneeling position and when they got up they stumbled off of a muck pile and came down on their left leg hurting their left knee.

January 10, 2019 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Tezak Heavy Equipment, LLC · Struck by powered moving object

Employee was cleaning out from under a catwalk and was struck on right shin by an attachment from the skid-steer that was assisting in the cleanup process, and received a contusion to the shin.

2017 · 1 incident

July 26, 2017 CO · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent OTHER
Tezak Heavy Equipment, LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was directing an asphalt truck back to dump on entrance road into quarry and was overcome with a massive heart attach (cardiac arrest)

2016 · 1 incident

June 25, 2016 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tezak Heavy Equipment, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was performing maintenance on crusher. Stepped backward and strained left knee. Examined at St. Thomas More, released without restrictions.

2014 · 3 incidents

October 6, 2014 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tezak Heavy Equipment, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

States that he was exiting haul truck in a hurry to get to the men's room. His foot slipped and he stopped his fall by grabbing the side rail with his left hand, spraining his left wrist. Steps were clean and dry.

July 21, 2014 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tezak Heavy Equipment, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting crown rubber with utility knife. Knife slipped and cut his left thumb. Stitches were required. Able to return to work.

March 12, 2014 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tezak Heavy Equipment, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was cleaning cone for crusher where it is seated with airplane stripper. He was wearing safety glasses and long sleeve gloves at the time. Employee believes that after reaching into the cone with his glove to clear trash that he must have touched his face with his glove.

2009 · 1 incident

August 6, 2009 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Tezak Heavy Equipment, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Was picking some wood out of rock and he twisted his right knee when he stepped wrong on a rock.

2008 · 1 incident

June 23, 2008 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tezak Heavy Equipment, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

A driver of a leaser's truck caught his sneaker on the truck as he was getting down to get his scale ticket and he fell and hit the side of the scale house. He injured both his right shoulder and his right cheek.

2006 · 2 incidents

February 13, 2006 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tezak Heavy Equipment, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was tightening bolt on crusher jaw. Bolt broke and wrench and spring hit him in the face. His nose was broken and stitches were required.

February 13, 2006 CO · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor STRIKING OR BUMPING
Tezak Heavy Equipment, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was rushing to help injured employee and hit right shin on handrail.

2002 · 1 incident

September 17, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Tezak Heavy Equipment, LLC · Struck against a moving object

ROCK WAS PUSHED OFF HIGHWALL & HIT THE EDGE OF HIS MACHINE & JARRED HIM, INJURING HIS SHOULDER. (WC PENDING INVESTIGATION, EE DIDN'T REPORT TILL MUCH LATER.)

2000 · 1 incident

May 23, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tezak Heavy Equipment, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STATES THAT INJURY PROBABLY OCCURRED WHEN HE WAS LIFTING SOMETHING.