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Hector Placer Mine Metal/Non-Metal

IGWT Mining, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Mike London

Alma, Park County, CO · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 0504989

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2014
Latest incident: Dec 2014

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2013

citations

significant & substantial

$6,304

proposed penalties

$6,304

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
2025 Q4	256	0	0.0
2025 Q3	416	1	2403.8
2023 Q1	0	0
2022 Q4	0	0
2022 Q2	0	0
2022 Q1	0	0
2021 Q4	0	0
2021 Q3	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

2014 · 1 incident

December 2, 2014 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

IGWT Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE was operating backhoe & stopped to grease machine. He placed bucket next to 15' highwall to grease. He said he was struck w/rock from HW on shoulder. MSHA rules & company site specific rules were not followed pertaining to highwalls. Training had included discussion of HW safety. Miner was never observed greasing machine next to HW before.