Palisade Construction Company · Contact with hot objects or substances
Kenney Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal
Palisade Construction Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Rodgers Construction Companies Inc
Rio Blanco County,
CO
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503833
Kenney Pit has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- May 1983
Ownership history
- Palisade Construction Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1985 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 |
| 1983 | 10 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Kenney Pit sits in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 9.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Rio Blanco County, Colorado · Population 6,518
9.1%
Mining share of county employment
$72,620
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.