Mining Incidents

Pit 27-Lamar Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James C Marvel Jr
Lamar, Prowers County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0505026

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2021
Latest incident
Dec 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
61
citations
5
significant & substantial
$12,911
proposed penalties
$12,911
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 17,358 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 15,824 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 16,583 4 0 241.2
2025 Q1 14,393 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 13,546 2 0 147.6
2024 Q3 11,166 6 1 537.3
2024 Q2 16,287 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 12,806 1 0 78.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2021 · 2 incidents

December 30, 2021 CO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brannan Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

low light, cold weather, and thick work gloves were contributing factors in the employee smashing the tip of left hand pinky finger between a hammer and steel. The finger tip was swollen and employee was told to not use that finger for the next two weeks by the doctor.

April 8, 2021 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Prowers Aggregate Operators, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was pulling a compressor on wheels while walking backwards. EE tripped over the edge of the loader bucket and fell backwards and landed on EE's rear end. The employee was sent to a doctor for back pain. EE was diagnosed with a lumbar strain. The employee was off of work for 9 days. After the 9 days EE was fully released by EE's doctor.