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Portable Unit #3, Custer County, Colorado: 10 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Portable Unit #3 is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Custer County, Colorado, operated by Colorado Quarries Inc with 2 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 0504948). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 10 citations and orders there with $1,379 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 0504948
- Status
- Active since April 16, 2026
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Custer County, Colorado
- Nearest town
- Westcliffe
- Operator
- Colorado Quarries Inc
- Employees
- 2
- MSHA field office
- Denver CO Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 10
- Significant and substantial
- 1 (10.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $1,379
- Amount paid so far
- $1,379
- Inspections
- 7
- Inspector hours on site
- 47
- Citations per inspection
- 1.43 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 25, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | $632 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | $294 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | $453 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | $0 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Portable Unit #3
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 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.6101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14110 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Custer County, Colorado
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portable Unit #4 | Colorado Quarries Inc | Custer County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 17 |
| Buffalo Hunter Load | Lucky VI Quarry | Custer County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 12 |
| Crusher #2 | Colorado Crushing Inc | Custer County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 11 |
| Lyons Pit | Lucky VI Quarry | Custer County, CO | Phosphate rock | 2 | 5 |
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.