Mining Incidents

TBS 2: 35 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

T Bone Stone · Surface
Controlled by Bill H Tenore
Lyons, Boulder County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504857

TBS 2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $395 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
35
citations
12
significant & substantial
$4,313
proposed penalties
$3,918
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $395 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
30
inspections on record
318
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: 318 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

TBS 2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $395 outstanding across 0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$395
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-08-10.
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.
37.5%
significant & substantial
3.1%
high negligence or reckless
37.5%
reasonably likely or greater
28.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.2% low, 90.6% moderate, 3.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2019-10-17, 6 years ago
27%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz113 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 0.26 1.81 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.19 2.32 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-03-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.26 1.23 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2019-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.51 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.29 0.97 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.24 0.96 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.26 0.65 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2018-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.21 0.67 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-08-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.24 0.58 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.26 0.96 Cutting Mach Operator
2011-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-03-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.65 0.42 Stone Polisher/Cutter

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2015-04-01, 11 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2015-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

TBS 2 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.

Injury rate, 2015
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In Colorado, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.75 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. T Bone Stone 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 1
2021 2
2020 3
2019 3
2018 9
2017 9
2016 8
2015 12
2014 13
2013 13
2012 11
2011 11
2010 12
2009 9
2008 19
2007 12
2006 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

TBS 2 sits in Boulder County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Boulder County, Colorado · Population 328,317
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$102,772
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
2022 Q2 75 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,108 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 560 1 0 1785.7
2021 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 350 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,672 6 3 3588.5
2019 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,320 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,800 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,240 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,240 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,050 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,760 2 2 347.2
2017 Q2 4,320 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 900 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,320 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,760 2 0 347.2
2016 Q2 2,880 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 900 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,800 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,200 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,760 5 2 739.6
2015 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,118 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 8,160 5 3 612.7
2014 Q2 8,050 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,165 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,740 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,640 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,100 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 896 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,000 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,200 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,400 2 1 312.5
2012 Q1 1,400 1 0 714.3
2011 Q4 4,480 1 0 223.2
2011 Q3 7,680 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,250 1 1 190.5
2011 Q1 358 1 0 2793.3
2010 Q4 3,360 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,640 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,360 1 0 135.9
2010 Q1 2,240 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,360 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,280 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,800 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,600 3 0 1875.0
2008 Q4 10,560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 10,560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 11,520 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,440 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,400 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,200 1 0 122.0
2007 Q2 4,800 3 0 625.0
2007 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,880 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.