Mining Incidents

FOUNTAIN PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Fountain, El Paso County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503821

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2006
Latest incident
Jul 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
90
citations
26
significant & substantial
$25,791
proposed penalties
$25,791
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 317 1 0 3154.6
2018 Q4 2,164 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,067 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,001 1 0 999.0
2018 Q1 943 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,628 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,673 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,768 2 1 530.8
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2006 · 1 incident

July 31, 2006 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge West Incorporated · Struck by falling object

Performing maintenance on a cone crusher. The head was being lifted, a weld broke causing the cone to fall and strike the employee's leg.

2005 · 1 incident

August 16, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lafarge West Incorporated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting a strip of belting from the side of the conveyor belt when the knife slipped, cutting the top of thumb through the glove. Stitches required.

2004 · 1 incident

October 5, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge West Incorporated · Struck against stationary object

Employee hit his elbow against a piece of angle iron, causing it to bruise. Employee returned to work that day at full duty. On 10/11/04, employee visited the doctor because the swelling had not decreased in his elbow, and the doctor made an incision to drain excess fluid. Employee returned to modified duty on 10/12/04.

2002 · 1 incident

April 1, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge West Incorporated · Fall from machine

STEPPED OFF LOADER, WENT TO PUT LT. FOOT DOWN & TWISTED LT. ANKLE. THE OPERATOR DID HAVE 3 POINTS OF CONTACT. HE STEPPED ON AN UNEVEN AREA (SPILL OF ROCKS FROM LOAD OUT).

2001 · 1 incident

July 2, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Southern Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING A TAIL WHEEL ON A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN TAILWHEEL SLIPPED OUT OF BEARING AND PINCHED FINGER.