One miner was driving wedges into back to hang utilities from, axe the miner was using slipped from his hand and struck another miner in the face. It put a cut on the right upper part of his cheek, it required 3 stitches and a tetnus shot.
Blue Streak Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Nuvemco LLC
· Underground
Controlled by
EMSU LLC
Naturita,
Montrose County,
CO
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503534
Blue Streak Mine has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2009
- Latest incident
- Feb 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
18
citations
3
significant & substantial
$25,660
proposed penalties
$9,360
paid to date
36% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,300 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
5
inspections on record
268
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 268 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Blue Streak Mine has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$26K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-04-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q2 | 1,058 | 9 | 2 | 8506.6 |
| 2009 Q1 | 5,367 | 9 | 1 | 1676.9 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2009 · 1 incident
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