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: 43 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
KELSEY LAKE has $429 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.
$429
proposed penalties
$429
current assessed
$429
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-01-08.
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 controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2003
2
2002
5
2001
9
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
KELSEY LAKE sits in Larimer County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Larimer County, Colorado · Population 363,561
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$91,364
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
2003 Q3
0
0
0
2003 Q2
198
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
488
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,435
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,392
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,823
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,717
7
1
2576.4
2001 Q4
3,504
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1
1,067
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2002 · 1 incident
January 28, 2002CO · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WORKER DROPPED PRY BAR INTO CONE CRUSHER. HAD ANOTHER WORKER TURN OFF CRUSHER. AS CRUSHER WAS SLOWING TO A STOP, WORKER GRABBED END OF PRY BAR, CONE CAUGHT END OF BAR, WORKERS FINGERS PINCHE D BETWEEN END OF BAR AND FEED RING.
1997 · 1 incident
January 29, 1997CO · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Company N L · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMP WAS REMOVING A GUARD TO A SHIV (PULLEY). BELIEVED THERE TO BE 2 BOLTS HOLDING THE BOTTOM TOGETHER WHEN ONLY ONE BOLT WAS PRESENT. WHEN HE REMOVED ONE BOLT, GUARD DROPPED ONTO HIS FINGER. F INGER SMASHED FROM BOTTOM OF FINGERNAIL UP.