Mining Incidents

Glacier Rock Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Roger Lee Hageman
Welington, Larimer County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0504634

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2002–2022
Latest incident
Aug 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
73
citations
18
significant & substantial
$9,534
proposed penalties
$8,632
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 170 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 56 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 60 2 0 33333.3
2024 Q4 146 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 102 5 0 49019.6
2024 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 573 1 0 1745.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 12, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
High Plains Sand & Gravel LLC · Struck by powered moving object

THE FRONT-END LOADER OPERATOR WAS BACK-FILLING AROUND A NEWLY INSTALLED TRUCK SCALE WHEN HE BACKED OVER THE VICTIM WITH THE LOADER, WHICH RESULTED IN A FATAL INJURY.

Reportable incidents

3 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2022 · 1 incident

August 25, 2022 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Glacier Rock Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was using a grinding wheel on some metal and the wheel flew apart causing injury to left forearm and bruises to chest.

2016 · 2 incidents

October 24, 2016 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Glacier Rock Company · Struck against a moving object

Removing bolts on loader bucket with impact wrench, cutting left index finger on spinning bolt.

September 8, 2016 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glacier Rock Company · Struck against stationary object

Employee was trying to connect hydraulic fittings, lost balance causing hard hat to fall off and fell into machine impacting steel structure hitting fore head