Mining Incidents

Lake County Crusher Metal/Non-Metal

Lake County · Surface
Controlled by Lake County-CO
Leadville, Lake County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0504234

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
50
citations
11
significant & substantial
$5,730
proposed penalties
$5,730
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 80 2 0 25000.0
2025 Q1 41 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 226 2 0 8849.6
2024 Q2 189 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 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

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

January 5, 2026 CO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Lake County · Struck by flying object

A Maintenance employee was in preparation of repairing the vertical support for the handrail. While grinding with a hand held wheel grinder, the employee while wearing safely glasses got some material in their eye. They reported that they got something in their eye and needed to see a doctor. The employee was directed to go to the emergency room and seek medical help.