Mining Incidents

Blue Streak Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Nuvemco LLC · Underground
Controlled by EMSU LLC
Naturita, Montrose County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503534

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Feb 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
18
citations
3
significant & substantial
$25,660
proposed penalties
$9,360
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
2009 Q2 1,058 9 2 8506.6
2009 Q1 5,367 9 1 1676.9
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

February 23, 2009 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nuvemco LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

One miner was driving wedges into back to hang utilities from, axe the miner was using slipped from his hand and struck another miner in the face. It put a cut on the right upper part of his cheek, it required 3 stitches and a tetnus shot.