Mining Incidents

Black Forest Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Cotter Corporation · Underground
Golden, Jefferson County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504734

Black Forest Mine has $390 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Oct 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
7
citations
0
significant & substantial
$390
proposed penalties
$390
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
8
inspections on record
58
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: 58 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Black Forest Mine has $390 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$390
proposed penalties
$390
current assessed
$390
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-11-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation 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
2004 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 67 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,498 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,382 0 0 0.0
Show 1 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2 4,439 6 0 1351.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

October 9, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Cotter Corporation · Struck by falling object

WHILE BARRING DOWN IN THE #2 CROSSCUT, A ROCK FELL AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

April 4, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Cotter Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS ASSISTING WITH ROCK BOLTING AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

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