Mining Incidents

Lorencito Canyon Mine Coal

Weston, Las Animas County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504712

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2002
Latest incident
Apr 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
27
citations
7
significant & substantial
$1,699
proposed penalties
$1,644
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
2005 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 560 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 3 4 1 1333333.3
2003 Q1 1,530 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,796 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

6 on file

2002 · 5 incidents

April 16, 2002 CO · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lorencito Coal Company, LLC · Fall from machine

EE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER FOR DINNER & SLIPPED ON STEP (TOP) AND FELL ABOUT 5'TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LANDING.

January 31, 2002 CO · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lorencito Coal Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

LOADER DRIVER LET THE BOOM DOWN, THE ROCKS & SOIL FELL IN THE BED OF THE ROCK TRUCK AND IT SHOOK AND IT JARRED EE. NOTE: THE BOOM OF THE LOADER HIT THE ROCK TRUCK FIRST.

2001 · 1 incident

November 14, 2001 CO · Coal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lorencito Coal Company, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS FUELING TRIPLE 7 ROCK TRUCK & OPERATOR OF ROCK TRUCK PULLED AWAY WHILE FUEL HOSE WAS HOOKED TO TRUCK. FUEL HOSE TWISTED EE SLIGHTLY. STILL WORKING, NO LOST TIME.