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Colowyo Mine

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  • Summary
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    Citations, Orders, and Safeguards
    Citations, Orders, and Safeguards
    Please Note: Colowyo Coal Company L P has been the current operator since 12/6/1994

    Year 104(a) 104(b) 104(d)(1) 107(a) Proposed
    Penalties ($)
    Current Penalties ($) Amount Paid
    To Date ($)
    2000 23 1 0 0 4,477.00 4,477.00 4,477.00
    2001 52 0 0 0 24,065.00 23,629.00 23,629.00
    2002 57 0 0 0 11,995.00 11,995.00 11,995.00
    2003 21 0 0 0 4,455.00 4,455.00 4,445.00
    2004 31 0 0 0 4,096.00 4,096.00 4,096.00
    2005 29 0 0 0 9,106.00 9,106.00 9,106.00
    2006 41 0 0 0 4,461.00 4,461.00 4,461.00
    2007 30 0 1 1 30,817.00 25,010.00 25,010.00
    2008 54 0 0 0 63,755.00 63,755.00 63,755.00
    2009 42 0 0 0 36,352.00 36,352.00 36,352.00
    2010 44 0 0 1 67,808.00 67,808.00 48,957.00
    2011 2 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
    Note: Vacated Citations are not included in any reports on the DRS.

    Injuries, Hours Worked, and Production Totals
    Injuries, Hours Worked, and Production Totals
    Please Note: Colowyo Coal Company L P has been the current operator since 12/6/1994

    Year Fatal Operator
    Injuries
    NFDL Operator
    Injuries
    Fatal Contractor
    Injuries
    NFDL Contractor
    Injuries
    Operator Hours
    Worked*
    Coal
     Produced 
    (tons)
    Operator Fatal
    Incidence Rate**
    Operator NFDL
    Incidence Rate**
    Mine Type
    National Fatal
    Incidence Rate**
    Mine Type
    National NFDL
    Incidence Rate**
    2000 0 2 0 0 684,951 5,171,221 0.00 0.58 0.0233 2.24
    2001 0 5 0 0 642,459 5,767,595 0.00 1.56 0.0090 2.12
    2002 0 3 0 0 673,462 5,348,392 0.00 0.89 0.0180 2.29
    2003 0 1 0 0 589,413 4,998,615 0.00 0.34 0.0289 1.94
    2004 0 2 0 0 593,935 5,435,256 0.00 0.67 0.0121 1.76
    2005 0 3 0 0 602,556 5,688,873 0.00 1.00 0.0028 1.50
    2006 0 1 0 0 624,176 6,222,002 0.00 0.32 0.0189 1.36
    2007 0 1 0 0 646,523 5,596,568 0.00 0.31 0.0194 1.39
    2008 0 2 0 1 659,497 4,914,363 0.00 0.61 0.0102 1.25
    2009 0 0 0 0 662,817 3,584,344 0.00 0.00 0.0106 1.21
    2010 0 1 0 0 573,146 2,596,629 0.00 0.44 0.0073 1.10
    2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - -
    *   Hours worked and accidents & injuries now include office hours or accidents (subunit 99).
    ** Current rates are based on data available as of 2010 Quarter 3. For a further explanation, please see this.
  • MSHA Data


  • 2009 Sales to Power Plants

    NameControllerOperatorLocationTons Purchased
    CraigTri-State G T Assn IncTri-State G T Assn IncMoffat County, CO3166113
    H Wilson Sundt Generating StationUniSource Energy CorpTucson Electric Power CoPima County, AZ151288
    CherokeeXcel Energy IncPublic Service Co of ColoradoAdams County, CO106150
  • Production