THE VICTIM, A LOADER OPERATOR, WAS CLEANING MATERIAL FROM A STACKER CONVEYOR WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK ONE OF THE LEG SUPPORTS, KNOCKING THE CONVEYOR OVER. A SECOND LOADER OPERATOR WAS SUMMONED TO LIFT & RESET THE CONVEYOR. THE RIGGING FAILED AND THE CONVEYOR FELL, STRIKING THE VICTIM AS HE WALKED UNDER THE RAISED CONVEYOR
Southway Construction Co. Inc. of Alamosa operator
Controlled by
Estate of Henry T. Southway Jr.
MSHA operator ID: L06057
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
914
citations
325
significant & substantial
$443,240
proposed penalties
$331,691
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $111,549 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
323
inspections on record
4,365
inspection hours
20.9
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.914 citations across 4,365 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$443K
proposed penalties
$332K
current assessed
$332K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
900 assessments are final orders; 77 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 7 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- OTHER 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2016
1
2015
1
2011
1
2010
1
2008
2
2007
1
2006
1
2005
2
2004
2
2003
4
2001
1 (1f)
1998
1
1986
1
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
1 recorded
April 25, 2001
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Southway Construction Co. Inc. · Struck by falling object
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