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Mi Vida Portals: 398 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Mi Vida Portals is a temporarily idled coal (bituminous) underground mine in Las Animas County, Colorado, operated by New Elk Coal Company LLC with 0 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 0504975). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 398 citations and orders there with $1,115,097 in proposed penalties, and 17 accident reports were filed there, with 12 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 0504975
- Status
- Temporarily Idled since June 21, 2023
- Main commodity
- Coal (bituminous)
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Las Animas County, Colorado
- Nearest town
- Weston
- Operator
- New Elk Coal Company LLC
- Parent company
- Allegiance Coal LTD
- Employees
- 0
- MSHA field office
- Denver CO Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 398
- Significant and substantial
- 86 (21.6%)
- Closure orders
- 8
- High negligence or reckless
- 90
- Proposed penalties
- $1,115,097
- Amount paid so far
- $191,241
- Inspections
- 29
- Inspector hours on site
- 1,214
- Citations per inspection
- 13.72 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 17
- Injury and illness cases
- 12
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- March 24, 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 | 305 | 59 | $484,592 | 10 |
| 2023 | 93 | 27 | $630,505 | 2 |
Standards cited most at Mi Vida Portals
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 75.220 | Underground coal mines, safety | 35 |
| 30 CFR 75.370 | Underground coal mines, safety | 28 |
| 30 CFR 75.202 | Underground coal mines, safety | 26 |
| 30 CFR 75.503 | Underground coal mines, safety | 21 |
| 30 CFR 70.208 | Underground coal mines, health | 17 |
| 30 CFR 75.512 | Underground coal mines, safety | 17 |
| 30 CFR 75.333 | Underground coal mines, safety | 15 |
| 30 CFR 75.400 | Underground coal mines, safety | 14 |
| 30 CFR 75.403 | Underground coal mines, safety | 14 |
| 30 CFR 75.380 | Underground coal mines, safety | 13 |
| 30 CFR 75.360 | Underground coal mines, safety | 13 |
| 30 CFR 75.342 | Underground coal mines, safety | 10 |
| 30 CFR 70.210 | Underground coal mines, health | 8 |
| 30 CFR 75.1731 | Underground coal mines, safety | 7 |
| 30 CFR 75.1722 | Underground coal mines, safety | 7 |
Injury and illness cases at Mi Vida Portals
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 8 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 4 |
What the accident reports at Mi Vida Portals describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Fall of roof or back | 5 |
| Slip or fall of person | 4 |
| Fall of face/rib/pillar/side/highwall | 3 |
| Handling of materials | 3 |
| Machinery | 1 |
| Powered haulage | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Mi Vida Portals
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Load-haul-dump | 2 |
| Continuous miner | 1 |
| Rock or roof bolting machine | 1 |
Other open mines in Las Animas County, Colorado
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portable Crusher #3 | Oldcastle SW Group, Inc. | Las Animas County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 20 |
| Leone Gravel Pit | Leone Sand & Gravel LLC | Las Animas County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 11 |
| Leone Huerfano Gravel Pit | Leone Sand & Gravel LLC | Las Animas County, CO | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 8 |
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.