Last Chance Mine
Metal/Non-Metal
Naturita,
Montrose County,
CO
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504627
Last Chance Mine has $500 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
- 4
- Years on record
- 1999–2008
- Latest incident
- Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
0
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 38 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Last Chance Mine has $500 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-04-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2009 Q1 |
1,251 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 |
5,046 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 |
4,522 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 |
4,504 |
5 |
0 |
1110.1 |
| 2008 Q1 |
4,370 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 |
4,563 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 |
1,967 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2008 · 1 incident
July 3, 2008
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss
MACHINERY
Nuvemco LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Attempting to drive a split bolt with jack leg, the bolt driver on jack leg slipped out of bolt causing miner to get his finger caught between jack leg and bolt, this caused a cut on the left hand middle finger, which required 6 stitches.
1999 · 3 incidents
February 16, 1999
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
OTHER
Excel Mining Company Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data
NONE
EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM AN UNDERGROUND TRACTOR,ANDTHOUGHT HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE. INSTEAD, HE BROKE LOWER LEG INSTEAD.
January 27, 1999
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L S C Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING DOWN, JUMPED OUT OFTHE WAY AND FELL DOWN ON A MUCK PILE.
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