Mining Incidents

Salida Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Colorado Lime Company · Facility
Salida, Chaffee County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502798

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2001–2010
Latest incident
Dec 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
66
citations
12
significant & substantial
$8,463
proposed penalties
$8,425
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q2 527 1 0 1897.5
2014 Q4 409 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 139 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 435 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 952 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 1 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2010 · 1 incident

December 17, 2010 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting belt

2009 · 1 incident

May 28, 2009 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

Operator recieved cut to back of hand when drill press accidentally started up while he was changing the bit.

2007 · 1 incident

July 30, 2007 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was barring wet material plugging feed chute to crusher when bar rebounded off side of chute, hitting employee in mouth. Laceration requiring 4 stitches and 2 chipped/cracked teeth.

2005 · 1 incident

March 7, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Colorado Lime Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PROBLEM WITH FORK LIFT OVER HEATING. EE WAS CHECKING RADIATOR HOSE WITH FORKLIFT RUNNING. APPARENTLY FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN BELT PULLEY.

2001 · 3 incidents

May 18, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Lime Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AFTER BEGGING, HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION AND NAGGING PAIN IN HTE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GROIN AREA. HE THOUGHT HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE. AFTER GETTING HOM THE PAIN GOT WORSE. THE NEXT DAY HE HAD AN APPT. WITH A DR. IN COLORADO SPRINGS. THE DR. EXAMINED HIM AND FOUND HE HAD A GRADE 3 HERNIA CAUSED BY REPETITIVE LIFTING AND WILL NEED SURGERY.

January 22, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Lime Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS HELPING TO LOAD A VAN TRAILER WITH PALLETS OF BAGGED LIMESTONE WHEN HE PULLED HARD ON PALLET JACK HE HURT HIS BACK

January 8, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Lime Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS BAGGING LIMESTONE, AND WHILE MOVING BAGGED LIMESTONE FROM BAGGER TO PALLET...BACK WENT . MAY HAVE PULLED SOMETHING.