Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Kiowa County, Colorado

Kiowa County, Colorado has 3 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 2 abandoned. 4 accidents have been reported at these mines between 2003 and 2004. Inspectors have issued 209 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Kiowa County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Kiowa County →

Mines on register
3
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
209
0 underground · 3 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 3 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 2 abandoned 4 reported accidents, 2003–2004
Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Kiowa County, Colorado · Population 1,356
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$56,389
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Colorado Department Of Highways 1 0 0
Herman Rother 1 0 0
Southway Construction Company Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Kiowa County3 on register
  1. Portable Crushing Plant #6
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southway Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2902222
    Intermittent
  2. Rother Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Herman Rother · MSHA ID 0504020
    Abandoned
  3. Weber
    Surface metal/non-metal · Colorado Department Of Highways · MSHA ID 0503337
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.