Mining Incidents

Portable #5 Dredge Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Fort Morgan, Morgan County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2501112

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2000–2004
Latest incident
Oct 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
25
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,146
proposed penalties
$1,860
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 214 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 341 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 686 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2004 · 1 incident

October 18, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Central Sand & Gravel Co · Struck against a moving object

The ee was operating a mobile pettibone crane and lifting a dredge pontoon when the right front outrigger sank into the sand causing the pettibone to lay over onto the right side. It was set back up.

2003 · 1 incident

May 20, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Central Sand & Gravel Co · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EE WAS MOVING A FRESH WATER PUMP, ONE SIDE OF THE WALKWAY FOR THE PUMP COLLAPSED DUE TO A BOLT BREAKING, CAUSING THE EE TO FALL CATCHING BOTH KNEES BETWEEN THE RAIL AND WALKWAY. THIS CAUSED HIM TO HYPEREXTENT BOTH KNEES.

2000 · 1 incident

April 24, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Central Sand & Gravel Co · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE EMPLOYEE WA SPULLING ON A WRENCH TO LOOSEN BOLTS FOR A 12" DIAMETER SAND LINE PIPE, WHEN HE FELT A STRAINING SENSATION IN HIS LOWER INTESTINAL TRACT OF HIS LOWE ABDOMEN. DURING A LATER OW EL MOVEMENT, THERE WAS A MASIVE BLOODY DISCHARGE. THE EMPLOYEE WA TREATED AT THE SIDNEY, NE HOSPITAL WE HAVE NO MEDICAL INTO AS OF YET, LOST TIME?