Mining Incidents

Nelson Mining Resource Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Daniel W Hunt
Erie, Weld County, CO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0505132

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
8
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,179
proposed penalties
$1,179
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 2,190 4 0 1826.5
2025 Q3 2,777 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,919 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,349 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,460 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,014 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,865 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,953 1 0 338.6
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

2024 · 1 incident

April 24, 2024 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Asphalt Specialties Co., Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The miner was working to repair a piece of metal by beating it flat with a hammer. While striking the metal, the hammer missed its target and the miner's right index finger was struck by the hammer. The miner was wearing gloves and all other required PPE at the time. The strike made a laceration in the finger that required 5 stitches at the local emergency room.