← All operators

Southway Construction Co. Inc. of Alamosa operator

Controlled by Estate of Henry T. Southway Jr.

MSHA operator ID: L06057

Watch this operator

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at any Southway Construction Co. Inc. of Alamosa mine.

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 17
Mines on record: 6
Years on record: 2001–2016

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

914

citations

325

significant & substantial

$443,240

proposed penalties

$331,691

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 6 non-fatal
MACHINERY 3 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
NO VALUE FOUND 2 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2016

2015

2011

2010

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2001

1 (1f)

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

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