Mining Incidents

Sylvester Gulch No 1 Coal

Somerset, Co, Gunnison County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504603

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
31
Years on record
1998–2000
Latest incident
Dec 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$55
proposed penalties
$55
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date — a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
33
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 33 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 1,783 1 0 560.9
2000 Q1 2,600 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

31 on file

2000 · 3 incidents

November 29, 2000 CO · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS SETTING FROZEN PIPE IN PLACE WHEN ICE BROKE FREE & HIT HIM IN THE LEFT LEG.

January 11, 2000 CO · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BLOWING OUT A 2" BULL HOSE. A LARGE PIECE OF ICE CAME OUT OF THE HOSE AND BROKE INTO SMALLER PIECES. ONE SMALLER ICE PIECE HIT EE ON LEFT CHEEK.

1999 · 6 incidents

May 17, 1999 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE EACH HOLDING OPPOSITE ENDS OF A REBAR MAT. THEY WENT TO SHAKE THE REBAR MAT AND THE INJURED EMPLOYEE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE MAT HITTING HIM IN THE FACE UNDER THE RIGHT EYE.

May 7, 1999 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING HIS DRILL FROM HOLE TO HOLE AND PASSED THE LOWER END OF THE DRILL SLIDE OVER HIS FOOT, AT THE SAME TIME THE OPPOSITE DRILLER JACKED HIS DRILL DOWN, CAUSING THE SLIDE TO CO ME DOWN ON THE RIGHT FOOT OF THE INJURED EMPLOYEE.

January 5, 1999 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ASSISTING TOPLANDER TAKING QUICK BEAMS OUT OF BUCKET, QUICK BEAM WAS NOT TIGHTENED DOWN, IT SLID CATCHING HIS HAND.

January 2, 1999 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler POWERED HAULAGE
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE CREW WAS LOWERING THE 913 LOADER AND THE EE WAS ON THE WORK DECK AND SMASHED HIS INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEN THE WORK DECK AND THE WALL. Y

1998 · 22 incidents

November 11, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Fall from machine

EE SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIALS WHILE GETTING INTO THE MUCK BUCKET. HE FELL AND JAMMED HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

November 3, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE THE EE WAS CLEANING ROCK AND WOOD FROM UNDERNEATH THE CURBING, A ROCK FELL AND HIT CURB RING PUSHING THE CURB INTO HIS HEAD. (EE WAS WEARING A HARD HAT AT THE TIME.)

October 13, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING LOOSE ROCK OFF THE SHAFT WALL WITH A 630 MUCKER. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE DIPPER AND A ROCK FELL STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT RIB AREA.

September 29, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ANOTHER EE WAS DRILLING HOLES FOR SPLIT SETS FOR PANNING SUPPORT. THIS EE WAS TRYING TO HELP DRILLER, HIS LEG SLIPPED CATCHING HIS HAND.

September 18, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS POURING CONCRETE AND PUT HIS FOOT ON THE HANDLE OF THE CONCRETE BUCKET & THEN REMOVED HIS FOOT FROM THE HANDLE AND THE HANDLE HIT HISS RIGHT EAR.

September 16, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS INSTALLING PANNING WITH SCREW GUN UNDER FAN LINE. THE HIGH VELOCITY AIR BLEW SHAVINGS ALL AROUND. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

September 15, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STRIPPING BULKHEADS, WHEN THE BOARD HE WAS REACHING FOR LET GO AND A NAIL WENT INTO HIS THUMB.

September 10, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by falling object

BLOWING THE BOTTOM OF SHAFT PRIOR TO DEEPENING THE SHAFT AND A ROCK CAME OFF THE RIB

September 4, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS RIGGING FORM JACKS AND TRIPPED AND FELL OVER POUR CHUTE AND HIT HIS TAIL BONE. POUR CHUTE WAS SITTING ON THE FLOOR OF THE WORKDECK.

September 1, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

2" BALL VALVE CAME APART RELEASING A 2" AIR HOSE THAT HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT THIGH.

July 15, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING RIGHT SIDE FORK ON FORKLIFT, HAD LEFT HAND BEHIND FORK & SLIPPED OR LET GOT OF FORK WITH RIGHT HAND, FORK PINCHED LEFT HAND. EE DROVE HIMSELF TO CLINIC.

July 15, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Fall from machine

EE FELL WHILE CLIMBING DRILL JUMBO. FELL ON LEFT LEG AND TOE. EE DID NOT USE SAFETY EQUIPMENT IN PLACE AND PROVIDED.

June 30, 1998 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CAUGHT HIS FOOT IN WINCH AND HIS RT GREAT TOE WAS PULLED AS THE WORK DECK WINCH WAS CABLING UP.

June 13, 1998 CO · Coal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

THE CREW WAS MOVING THE SHAFT FORMS AND EE NOTICED SOMETHING ON THE WALL THAT DISTRACTED HIS ATTENTION AS HE WAS WALKING ON THE WORKDECK. EE THEN STEPPED THROUGH THE DOOR TO THE LOWER DECK WHI ICH WAS OPEN AT THE TIME.

June 2, 1998 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS REMOVING ANGLE CHIPS FROM COLLAR STEEL AT THE ONTAKE SHAFT WITH A CUTTING TORCH WHEN SOME HOT SLAG POPPED INTO HIS LEFT EAR.

April 14, 1998 CO · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS PREPPING WELD ON PUMP TO PUT IN THE INTAKE SHAFT WHEN HE CUT HIS SMALL FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.

January 16, 1998 CO · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Frontier-Kemper Constructors Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING AT WORKSITE AND SLIPPED ON SLICK ICY SURFACE.