Mining Incidents

Mount Emmons Project Metal/Non-Metal

U.S. Energy Corp. · Underground
Controlled by U S Energy Corp
Gunnison, Gunnison County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0500409

Mount Emmons Project has $108 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1983–2010
Latest incident
Nov 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
1
citations
1
significant & substantial
$108
proposed penalties
$108
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
8
inspections on record
86
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: 86 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mount Emmons Project has $108 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.
$108
proposed penalties
$108
current assessed
$108
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-01-28.
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
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 9 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 129 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 438 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 233 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 103 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,259 1 1 442.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2010 · 1 incident

November 1, 2010 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mt Emmons Moly Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was attempting to free a 12 foot section of air line from its hangar when he slipped on mud coating the sill between the rail and rib. He fell to the sill on his backside. The accident did not involve any mining equipment or protective devices. The work being performed was not part of a mining method, but a safety upgrade.

1991 · 2 incidents

July 23, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mount Emmons Mining Company · Fall from ladders

EE WAS STARTING TO CLIMB A LADDER WHEN THE FOOTING OF THE LADDER BROKE FREE AN FELL. HE FELL APPROX. 7 FT ON TO HIS LEFT HAND HYPEREXTENDING THE FINGERS ON THE LEFT HAND.

May 25, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mount Emmons Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DUMPING BAG OF POLYMER TO HOPPER FELT HIS BACK POP.

1987 · 1 incident

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 1 incident

November 20, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mount Emmons Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS PRYING UP FROZEN CONCRETE MANHOLE SECTION WHEN A WEDGE IT WAS PROPPED UP WITH SLIPPED AND FELL PINNING HIS THUMB BETWEEN TWO SECTIONS LACERATING THE THUMB

1983 · 1 incident

August 2, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal security guard, watchman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mount Emmons Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A LIME SLAKER AT A DESIGNATED POSITION AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE FALLING BACKWARD AND HITTING HIS BACK AGAINST A MOTOR HOUSING THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A FRACTURED RIB

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The full compliance file on Mount Emmons Project

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.