Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Boone, Pueblo County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0503808

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2023
Latest incident
Aug 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
193
citations
51
significant & substantial
$84,310
proposed penalties
$81,211
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 1,528 10 2 6544.5
2025 Q3 3,043 1 0 328.6
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 2 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 2 2
2023 Q3 0 11 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 21, 2023 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · MACHINERY
A & S Construction Co · Struck by falling object

While lifting a VSI lid a strap broke. The lid struck the victim causing severe head trauma.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2000 · 2 incidents

April 20, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A & S Construction Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SECURING A PLATE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CONE. IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND HIT HIS FOREHEAD ABOVE THE LEFT EYEBROW, JUST BELOW THE HARD HAT.

March 7, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
A & S Construction Co · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

ROCK LODGED IN TAIL PULLEY WHICH STOPPED BELT. EE WAS IN LOADER, HE HONKED HORN TO GET EE ATTENTION THAT BELT REACHED IN TO DISLODGE ROCK WITH HAND. EE WAS STANDING ON GROUND WHEN HE REACHED INTO TAIL PULLEY. ONCE ROCK WAS REMOVED, BELT RESUMED MOTION AND CAUGHT EE'S ARM.