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Whitewater #81, Mesa County, Colorado: 10 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Whitewater #81 is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Mesa County, Colorado, operated by Whitewater Building Materials Corp with 12 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 0502357). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 10 citations and orders there with $1,482 in proposed penalties, and 3 accident reports were filed there, with 3 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 0502357
- Status
- Active since October 9, 1998
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Mesa County, Colorado
- Nearest town
- Whitewater, CO 81527
- Operator
- Whitewater Building Materials Corp
- Employees
- 12
- MSHA field office
- Delta CO Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 10
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $1,482
- Amount paid so far
- $1,482
- Inspections
- 13
- Inspector hours on site
- 89
- Citations per inspection
- 0.77 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 3
- Injury and illness cases
- 3
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- April 17, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | $0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | $1,029 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | $453 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Whitewater #81
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Whitewater #81
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 3 |
What the accident reports at Whitewater #81 describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 2 |
| Handling of materials | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Whitewater #81
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Welding machine | 1 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
Other open mines in Mesa County, Colorado
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR9 | Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. | Mesa County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 7 | 9 |
| Crusher 1 | Arizona Materials | Mesa County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 8 |
| Suncore West Colorado | Sunroc Corporation | Mesa County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 8 |
| Whirlwind Mine | Efr Colorado Plateau LLC | Mesa County, CO | Uranium-vanadium ore | 3 | 7 |
| SP3 | Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. | Mesa County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 6 |
| Crusher 2 | Parkerson Construction Inc | Mesa County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 6 |
| WP2 | Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. | Mesa County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 6 |
| Moores Pit | Moores Mining LLC | Mesa County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 4 |
| CR10 | Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. | Mesa County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 4 |
| Whitewater #71 | Whitewater Building Materials Corp | Mesa County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 4 |
| WP1 | Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. | Mesa County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 3 |
| Washplant 1 | Arizona Materials | Mesa County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 3 |
| Washplant 3 | Arizona Materials | Mesa County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 2 |
| Crusher 1 | Parkerson Construction Inc | Mesa County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 2 |
| Upland Pit #3 | Upland Gravel LLC | Mesa County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 2 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.