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High Country Aggregates II Metal/Non-Metal

Sky Ute Sand & Gravel, LLC · Surface

Controlled by Southern Ute Indian Tribe

Montrose, Montrose County, CO · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0504527

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2004–2006
Latest incident: Nov 2006

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$2,637

proposed penalties

$2,637

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	Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2	0	0
2010 Q1	0	0
2009 Q4	0	0
2009 Q3	0	0
2009 Q2	0	0
2009 Q1	0	0
2008 Q4	0	1
2008 Q3	3	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

3 on file

2006 · 2 incidents

November 7, 2006 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Sky Ute Sand & Gravel, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Miner was attempting to climb a set of stairs into mobile control van, when his foot slipped off step, resulting in a twisting and hitting of his knee on step. Stairs have been replaced with new set providing a safer angle of rise and run.

March 22, 2006 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Sky Ute Sand & Gravel, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was injured by pry bar that was used as a guide for pulling a rope by a front end loader installing new feed belt on screen conveyor. Miner received contusion to left shoulder.

2004 · 1 incident

July 30, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

High Country Aggregates · Fall from machine

Employee slipped coming out of loader-hit rib cage and back on side of loader. he then fell on down to the ground landing on his back causing injury to ribs, liver and kidneys. prior to accident ee had signs of blood in his uring approx. thru works before believes to have been from rough ground in loader. however, it has cleared up.