Mining Incidents

Bueno Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Gold Hill Minerals Inc · Underground
Jamestown, Boulder County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502402

Bueno Mine has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $18K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
12
citations
2
significant & substantial
$19,435
proposed penalties
$1,922
paid to date
10% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,513 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
5
inspections on record
102
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: 102 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bueno Mine has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $18K outstanding across 1 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$18K
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-07-09.
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
2007 Q3 0 7 1
2007 Q2 1,536 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 855 1 0 1169.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

November 11, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Van Dyke Minerals Ltd · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING A FULL LOAD OF ORE FROM THE 450 LEVEL TO THE MILL HE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK WHICH WAS TRAVELING DOWN A STEEP HILL AND JUMPED FROM THE CAB

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