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Deserado Mine: 368 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Deserado Mine is an active coal (bituminous) underground mine in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, operated by Blue Mountain Energy Inc with 157 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 0503505). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 368 citations and orders there with $89,995 in proposed penalties, and 30 accident reports were filed there, with 25 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 0503505
- Status
- Active since October 20, 1996
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Rio Blanco County, Colorado
- Nearest town
- Rangely
- Operator
- Blue Mountain Energy Inc
- Parent company
- Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-operative
- Employees
- 157
- MSHA field office
- Delta CO Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 368
- Significant and substantial
- 16 (4.3%)
- Closure orders
- 6
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $89,995
- Amount paid so far
- $86,226
- Inspections
- 31
- Inspector hours on site
- 4,422
- Citations per inspection
- 11.87 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 30
- Injury and illness cases
- 25
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 28, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 55 | 2 | $9,548 | 4 |
| 2023 | 90 | 7 | $29,995 | 5 |
| 2024 | 74 | 2 | $19,351 | 6 |
| 2025 | 66 | 2 | $14,202 | 4 |
| 2026 | 83 | 3 | $16,899 | 6 |
Standards cited most at Deserado Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 75.400 | Underground coal mines, safety | 28 |
| 30 CFR 75.1725 | Underground coal mines, safety | 21 |
| 30 CFR 75.403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 20 |
| 30 CFR 75.1731 | Underground coal mines, safety | 18 |
| 30 CFR 77.1110 | Surface coal mines, safety | 17 |
| 30 CFR 75.333 | Underground coal mines, safety | 13 |
| 30 CFR 75.512 | Underground coal mines, safety | 12 |
| 30 CFR 75.342 | Underground coal mines, safety | 12 |
| 30 CFR 75.370 | Underground coal mines, safety | 12 |
| 30 CFR 75.202 | Underground coal mines, safety | 12 |
| 30 CFR 75.1909 | Underground coal mines, safety | 11 |
| 30 CFR 75.1600-2 | Underground coal mines, safety | 11 |
| 30 CFR 75.1911 | Underground coal mines, safety | 11 |
| 30 CFR 75.1914 | Underground coal mines, safety | 10 |
| 30 CFR 75.380 | Underground coal mines, safety | 9 |
Injury and illness cases at Deserado Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 14 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 11 |
What the accident reports at Deserado Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 9 |
| Machinery | 6 |
| Fall of roof or back | 5 |
| Slip or fall of person | 4 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 3 |
| Powered haulage | 2 |
| Disorders (repeated trauma) | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Deserado Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Rock or roof bolting machine | 5 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 3 |
| Longwall subparts | 2 |
| Welding machine | 1 |
| Longwall machine | 1 |
| Load-haul-dump | 1 |
| Mancar | 1 |
| Hoist | 1 |
Other open mines in Rio Blanco County, Colorado
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wash Plant & Portable Screen | Meeker Sand & Gravel Inc | Rio Blanco County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 8 |
| Urie Gravel Pit (Permit M-2009-038) | Shallenberger Energy LLC. | Rio Blanco County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 3 |
| Meeker Stone Company | Meeker Stone Company, LLC | Rio Blanco County, CO | Dimension sandstone | 4 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.