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Unit Train Loadout: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Lodestar Energy Inc · Facility
Controlled by Iracoal Incorporated
Palisade, Mesa County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503234

Unit Train Loadout has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Sep 1983
Ownership history
  1. Gex Colorado Inc 1978 to 1982
  2. Powderhorn Coal Company 1982 to 1987
  3. Powderhorn Coal Company 1987 to 1997
  4. Powderhorn Coal Company 1997 to 2001
  5. Lodestar Energy Inc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1998 1
1997 1
1996 1
1995 1
1994 0
1993 0
1992 0
1991 0
1990 0
1989 0
1988 0
1987 0
1986 1
1985 1
1984 1
1983 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Unit Train Loadout sits in Mesa County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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.
Mesa County, Colorado · Population 157,316
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$71,485
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

1983 · 2 incidents

September 19, 1983 CO · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Powderhorn Coal Company · Struck against a moving object

BACKING CAT OFF CLEAN COAL PILE AT UTLF BACKED INTO BERM UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS THREW OPERATOR BACKWARDS & SIDEWAYS IN CAB CAUISNG WHIPLASH-LIKE INJURY TO NECK. DIANOSED AS SPRAIN/STRAIN OF THE NE CK WITH POSSIBLE PINCHED NERVE.

September 4, 1983 CO · Coal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Powderhorn Coal Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

MAN LEANED OVER HANDRAIL TO RELEASE HAND-BRAKE ON SEQUENTIAL AUTOMATIC LOADING DEVICE. IN THE PROCESS OF LEANING OVER THE RAIL WHILE PULLING THE BRAKE HANDLE, THE MAN PULLED AND TWISTED HIS BA CK-APPARENTLY REINJURING AN OLD BACK PROBLEM.