Mining Incidents

Snyder Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0500444

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2009–2013
Latest incident
Apr 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
26
citations
7
significant & substantial
$8,624
proposed penalties
$8,624
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
2013 Q2 3,217 1 0 310.8
2013 Q1 4,119 1 0 242.8
2012 Q4 4,911 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,352 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,400 2 0 454.5
2012 Q1 4,069 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,042 2 1 494.8
2011 Q3 4,383 0 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

5 on file

2013 · 2 incidents

April 30, 2013 CO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Castle Concrete Aggregates · Fall from piled material

After trespassing onto mine property and wandering around the mine site after dark, one of the two trespassers slipped on some loose gravel and fell off of a highwall suffering severe head and body trauma.

April 6, 2013 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Castle Concrete Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Unknown conditions contributing to injury, corneal abrasion to the eye from foreign object, safety glasses being worn, RX eye drops prescribed.

2011 · 1 incident

March 18, 2011 CO · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Castle Concrete Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting conveyor flashing with razor knife, slipped and lacerated right leg. Went and received medical treatment consisting of three sutures.

2010 · 1 incident

June 30, 2010 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Castle Concrete Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was adjusting conveyor belt when he twisted his knee.

2009 · 1 incident

May 9, 2009 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Castle Concrete Aggregates · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Emplyoyee was operating loader when the mine supervisor noticed the loader was inactive and the employee was seen slumped over in the cab. The mine supervisor called 911, entered the cab and began administering cpr. It was determined he had suffered a heart attack.