Mining Incidents

Golden Wonder Metal/Non-Metal

Coal Creek Construction · Underground
Controlled by Michael Ray Schell
LAKE CITY, Hinsdale County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0501506

Golden Wonder has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1983–2015
Latest incident
Apr 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
7
significant & substantial
$6,557
proposed penalties
$5,860
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $697 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
46
inspections on record
724
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: 724 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Golden Wonder has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-03-10.
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
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 570 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,276 0 0 0.0
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 1,629 1 0 613.9
2014 Q4 2,198 1 0 455.0
2014 Q3 2,303 2 0 868.4
2014 Q2 2,241 2 1 892.5
2014 Q1 1,330 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,470 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,564 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,652 1 0 377.1
2013 Q1 2,544 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,200 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,197 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,085 1 0 479.6
2012 Q1 2,465 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,511 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,519 3 2 1190.9
2011 Q2 2,817 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,598 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,732 1 1 366.0
2010 Q3 2,805 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 812 6 1 7389.2
2009 Q4 1,475 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 504 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 775 3 0 3871.0
2009 Q1 1,440 5 0 3472.2
2008 Q3 10,025 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 10,935 6 0 548.7
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,180 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 332 7 0 21084.3
2005 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,400 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 1,110 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,680 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 202 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 215 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,440 7 2 4861.1
2000 Q2 1,350 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 16 1 0 62500.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2015 · 1 incident

April 24, 2015 CO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Coal Creek Construction · Struck by flying object

Miner was grinding split set on face when the grinding wheel broke up, one of the pieces hit him in the chin he required stitches to close the cut.

1994 · 1 incident

1984 · 2 incidents

August 8, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lka Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MISSED WEDGE, HITTING LEFT FOREFINGER WITH AXE, 5 STITCHES TAKEN

April 13, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Lka Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS TRAMMING & THE CAR STOP FAILED. THE ORE CAR WENT OFF THE END OF THE TRACK & CAUGHT THE EE\S FINGER BETWEEN THE CAR & THE TIMBER,. THE LITTLE FINGER ON T HE EE\S LEFT HAND WAS BADLY BRU ISED BUT NOT BROKEN.

1983 · 4 incidents

November 18, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lka Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BARRING ROCK WHEN ROCK IN ORE BIN WHEN BAR SLIPPED AND STRUCK EMPL ON INSTEP OF LEFT FOOT.RESULTED IN BRUISE TO LEFT FOOT.

October 24, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Lka Minerals Inc · Struck by falling object

PLACING TIMBER IN MUCK PILE FOR STINGER BOARD,ROCK FELL OFF BROW HIT EMPL LEFT ELBOW AND FOREARM.INJURY CONSISTED OF BRUISED ELBOW AND FOREARM.

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The full compliance file on Golden Wonder

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.