Buffalo Hunter Load Metal/Non-Metal
Lucky VI Quarry
· Surface
Controlled by
Edward Lyons
Silver Cliff,
Custer County,
CO
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0505064
Buffalo Hunter Load has $4K 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
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
21
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,524
proposed penalties
$3,524
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
9
inspections on record
139
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: 139 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Buffalo Hunter Load has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-23.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 73 | 6 | 0 | 82191.8 |
| 2025 Q3 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 9901.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 800000.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 100000.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 623 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 327 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 295 | 7 | 1 | 23728.8 |
| 2019 Q3 | 255 | 1 | 0 | 3921.6 |
| 2019 Q2 | 255 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 311 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 435 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 253 | 1 | 0 | 3952.6 |
| 2017 Q4 | 323 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 287 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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The full compliance file on Buffalo Hunter Load
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.