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: 50 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
MESITA HILL has $55 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$55
proposed penalties
$55
current assessed
$55
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-10-19.
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 violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2002
0
2001
1
2000
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
MESITA HILL sits in Alamosa County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Alamosa County, Colorado · Population 16,515
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$51,445
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
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q3
55
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
831
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
742
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
447
1
0
2237.1
2000 Q3
295
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2
1,829
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
14 on file
1997 · 1 incident
November 15, 1997CO · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
March 30, 1990CO · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPL GOING ON BREAK,TRIPPED ON PLASTIC STRAPPING HIT MOUTH ON BOXES BREAKING A TOOTH.
1989 · 1 incident
March 9, 1989CO · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Mwca Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
AIR CONTROL VALVE WAS BROKEN OFF BASE END OF BOX RAM CYLINDER & HAND HAND AROUND AIR CONTROL VALVE & PIPING CONTROLLING AIR TO CYLINDER WHEN BOXES CAUGHT IN RAM CAUSED RAM TO COME PAST STOP CO NTROL VALVE BRINGING RAM & SUPPORT BRACKETS BACKINTO PIPING CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN PIPING & SUPPORTING BRACKETS.
Mwca Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
I.NAME WAS ASSISTING CONTRACT DRILLERS IN LOADING DRILL PIPE ON DRILL TRUCK WHEN MAN IN FRONT TRIPED & I.NAME STUMBLED & SWINGING PIPE SMASHED HAND AGAINST TRUCK 3RD&4TH FINGEROF RT.HAND WERE INJURED REQUIRING 2 SUTURES
June 29, 1988CO · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS SO9TING BOULDERS AND LIFTED A 2 SIZE 50 TO 60 BOULDER AND FELT A STAIN IN HIS LEFT GROIN AREA. HE THEN PICKED ANOTHER BOULDER UP AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LEFT GROIN AREA AND WAS U ABLE TO CONTINU9 WORK.
March 28, 1986CO · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE CRAWLE8 UNDER TRUCK TO PICK UP BOLT, WHILE CRAWLING OUT FROM UNDER THE TRUCK ANOTHER CO WORKER FROM ABOVE ACCIDENTLY DROPPED AN AIR IMPACT TOOL ON EMPLOYEES HEAD. EMPLOYEE FINISHED RE GULAR SHIFT AND3WENT TO THE DR OVER THE WEEKEND AND THE DR, PUT IN TWO STITCHES. EMPLOYEE NEVER ACTUALLY REPORTED GOING TO THE DR. UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MONDAY.