Mining Incidents

BUTALA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Metal/Non-Metal

Salida, Chaffee County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0503661

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2007–2008
Latest incident
Sep 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
196
citations
55
significant & substantial
$64,756
proposed penalties
$63,218
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
2025 Q4 2,852 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,129 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,138 7 5 2230.7
2025 Q1 2,895 2 1 690.8
2024 Q4 3,095 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,280 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,687 8 2 2977.3
2024 Q1 1,917 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

2 on file

2008 · 1 incident

September 10, 2008 CO · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Butala Construction Company · Accident type, without injuries

Employee ran into a company truck with his company pickup. He has no recollection of what happened or why it happened. He had been sick the night previous to the accident and the morning of the accident with high blood pressure, which he was treated for at the hospital.

2007 · 1 incident

July 30, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Butala Construction Company · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was standing on a saw horse greasing the tail gate of his truck. The saw horse tipped over and he fell backwards and hit a table sitting by the wall behind him.