Mining Incidents

CR3 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Hotchkiss, Delta County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0504231

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2001–2002
Latest incident
Jan 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
50
citations
11
significant & substantial
$13,041
proposed penalties
$13,041
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 1,863 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,545 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 1,001 4 0 3996.0
2024 Q4 2,550 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,455 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 1 1
2023 Q2 2,701 1 0 370.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2002 · 1 incident

January 22, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REENTER THE TRUCK AFTER A REST BREAK. AS HE STEPPED UP TO PUT HIS FOOT ON THE LOWEST STEP, HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HE WAS HOLDING THE HAND RAIL WITH HIS LEFT HAND, THIS SWUNG HI S BODY SHARPLY TO THE LEFT CAUSING A SEVERE STRAIN TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE HAS BEEN REASSIGNED TO MODIFIED DUTY TEMPORARILY.

2001 · 1 incident

April 12, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CLAIMS TO HAVE SUFFERED A CUMULATIVE STRESS INJURY FROM STEERING A 988 CAT FRONT END LOADER FOR SEVERAL YEARS. ALSO IT APPEARS THAT THE LEFT ARM REST MAY HAVE CAUSED CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN HIS LEFT ELBOW, FROM LEANING ON THE ARM REST