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Gardner Pit, Routt County, Colorado: 12 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Gardner Pit is an intermittent construction sand and gravel surface mine in Routt County, Colorado, operated by General Operating Company Inc with 2 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 0504653). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 12 citations and orders there with $1,945 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 0504653
- Status
- Intermittent since March 11, 2026
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Routt County, Colorado
- Nearest town
- Steamboat
- Operator
- General Operating Company Inc
- Employees
- 2
- MSHA field office
- Denver CO Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 12
- Significant and substantial
- 3 (25.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 2
- Proposed penalties
- $1,945
- Amount paid so far
- $1,945
- Inspections
- 9
- Inspector hours on site
- 32
- Citations per inspection
- 1.33 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- March 18, 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 | 1 | 0 | $133 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3 | $1,061 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | $147 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | $302 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | $302 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Gardner Pit
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 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.9314 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4104 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11016 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.23002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Routt County, Colorado
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foidel Creek Mine | Peabody Twentymile Mining LLC | Routt County, CO | Coal (bituminous) | 136 | 1,354 |
| 1995 Cedarapids Crusher | Duckels Construction Inc | Routt County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 62 |
| Milner Pit | Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. | Routt County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 10 | 22 |
| Steamboat Sand and Gravel Pit | Alpine Aggregates LLC. | Routt County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 18 |
| McCoy Cinder Pit | Bratton Enterprises Inc | Routt County, CO | Crushed, broken stone | 3 | 11 |
| Routt County Primary Crusher | Routt County | Routt County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 6 |
| Routt County Crusher | Routt County | Routt County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 5 |
| SP4 | Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. | Routt County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 3 |
| Peabody Sage Creek Mine | Peabody Sage Creek Mining, LLC | Routt County, CO | Coal (bituminous) | 1 | 0 |
| Track Plant 1 | Arizona Materials | Routt County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 0 | 0 |
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.