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Raton Creek Mine No 2: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Trinidad, Las Animas County, CO  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 0503817

Raton Creek Mine No 2 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
May 1984
Ownership history
  1. Sundance Coal Company 1982 to 1984
  2. Sundance Coal Company 1984 to 1987
  3. Energy Fuels Mining Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1994 2
1993 2
1992 2
1991 1
1990 0
1989 1
1988 1
1987 0
1986 0
1985 2
1984 10 23,250
1983 23 20,445
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Raton Creek Mine No 2 sits in Las Animas County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.5% 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.
Las Animas County, Colorado · Population 14,392
2.5%
Mining share of county employment
$50,408
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 1 incident

May 10, 1984 CO · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sundance Coal Company · Struck by falling object

THE MINING CREW HAD SCALED DOWN A SLIPPED AREA THE INJURED LOOKED UP INTO THE FAULTY AREA, A PIECE OF ROCK WEIGHING APPROX 400 LBS FELL OUT CAUSING SEVERE INJURY TO THE LEFT HAND. THE FALLING AREA MEASURED 3\ X 7\ X 2\ IN DEPTH THE AREA WAS SANDSTONE & BOLTED WITH 4\ RESIN BOLTS

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1983 · 1 incident

April 15, 1983 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sundance Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FELL IN EAST MAIN APPROX 60FT FROM INTERSECTION AT 2ND RIGHT FALL WAS 8FTX20FTX35FT NO PERSMNS INVOLVED NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED