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: 369 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cash Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 3 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $320 in penalties contested before the Commission, $260 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-07-09.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 19% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 75%
Stood as issued
1 · 25%
19%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$320 proposed, $260 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2008-05-16.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Cash Mine recorded 18.96 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
18.96
total case rate
11.37
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Colorado, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.10 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2008 *
18.96
11.37
0.000
2007 *
4.12
4.12
0.000
2006 *
25.56
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2009
2
2008
25
2007
26
2006
13
2005
20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Cash Mine sits in Boulder County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Boulder County, Colorado · Population 328,317
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$102,772
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, 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
Miner was skipping a stoper drill from the 3rd level to the stope level above. A rock was dislodged from the stope floor and fell down the raise, striking the miner in the face, breaking his safety glasses and injuring his right eye.
Miner lost mental focus and smashed his thumb with a spike (track) maul while spiking rail. Injury consisted of a fractured and contused thumb for which the miner was prescribed pain medication.
July 16, 2008CO · Metal/Non-Metaldrill helperMACHINERY
Drill helper was holding drill rod and casing sub below rod holder so driller could reposition drill head. Helper failed to release the rod/sub as quill rod was raised. Helper's hands were drawn into the rod holder causing lacerations/avulsions to both hands and broken index finger on left hand.
Miner was training underground when co-worker's boots flung mud into miner's eye. Miner was not wearing proper eye-protection. Miner incurred no injury or damage to eye however he did receive prescription medication for pain and antibiotic.
Miner was barring down at drift face. A rock was brought down that bounced/rolled over employees foot. Employee was not wearing full metatarsal protective boots, just steel toed rubber boots. The impact of the rock created a laceration and broke two bones in the employee's foot.
2007 · 1 incident
October 3, 2007CO · Metal/Non-Metalminer, necMACHINERY
Miner was undergoing task training as an assistant to the diamond driller at the operation. While performing supervised operation during production, Miner's right hand was crushed between the drill rod and a drill casing adapter (sub), resulting in lacerations and broken bone(s).
Miner was using a scaling bar to work an oversized rock through a chute. The rock moved in such a way as to pinch the miner's hand between the scaling bar and the back of the drift, resulting in a laceration. The miner received 5 sutures to close the laceration on the back of his hand. The miner returned to work the same day with no restrictions.
July 11, 2006CO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While checking/replacing the mine phone in the mine office, two dogs began to fight in the office. Victim and co-worker attempted to break up the dogs and remove them from the premises. As victim kicked at dogs, the co-worker swung a mine phone at the dogs, connecting with victim's leg. A minor laceration to victim's leg, requiring four (4) sutures resulted.
July 6, 2006CO · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Repetitive motion injury/illness. No specific accident or incident. Miner has received initial diagnosis of "lateral epicondylitis" or tendonitis (commonly known as "tennis elbow").
1987 · 1 incident
June 15, 1987CO · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Gold Hill Ventures · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
EMP WAS TRACKIN1 CONVEYOR BELTS PDRIOR TO START UP. WHILE CHECKING TAIL PULLEY ON ONE CONVEYOR, HE INADVERTENTLY PLACED RT HAND INSIDE A MOVING BELT, AND HIS ARM WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE BELT AN TAIL PULLEY, TH3S RESULTED IN ABRASIONS TO RT HAND AND PULLED TENDONS AND MUSCLES OF HIS ARM
1986 · 1 incident
April 10, 1986CO · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)ELECTRICAL
I.NAME WAS ATTE4PTING TO TIGHTEN AN APPARENTLY LOSE WIRE LUG INSIDE THE PUBLIC SERVICE CO METER HOUSING EITHER THE ON/OFF HANDLE WAS IMPROPERLY PLACED OR THERE WAS A HIGH STATIC CHARGE BUILT UP IN THE BOX 7HIS LED TO A PHASE TO PHASE SHORT AND AN ELECTRICAL EXPLOSION WHICH DESTROYED THE METER BOX