Mining Incidents

District #2 Stratton Co: 2 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Kit Carson County · Surface
Controlled by Kit Carson County-CO
Stratton, Kit Carson County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503099

District #2 Stratton Co has $259 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
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$259
proposed penalties
$259
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
5
inspections on record
49
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: 49 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

District #2 Stratton Co has $259 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.
$259
proposed penalties
$259
current assessed
$259
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-30.
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
50.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 50.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Kit Carson County 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 0
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 0
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

District #2 Stratton Co sits in Kit Carson County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Kit Carson County, Colorado · Population 7,015
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$59,810
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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q3 18 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 252 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 91 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 54 1 0 18518.5
2023 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 9 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 134 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 9 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 135 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 91 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 146 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 63 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 198 1 0 5050.5
2017 Q1 156 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 117 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 40 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.