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Black Forest Mine: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

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

Black Forest Mine has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 2002. MSHA has proposed $390 in penalties since 2002.

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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.
See Cotter Corporation's full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
28.6%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
28.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.3% low, 57.1% moderate, 28.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Cotter Corporation 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 4
2003 4
2002 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Black Forest Mine sits in Jefferson County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.8% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Jefferson County, Colorado · Population 579,715
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$107,800
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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.