Motorman fatality at London Mine (Alma London Limited Liability Company), CO, June 22, 1988

at 9:40 AM

On June 22, 1988, a motorman was fatally injured in a falling/sliding/rolling materials accident at London Mine (Alma London Limited Liability Company), CO.

London Mine · Underground · Metal/Non-Metal

Operator: Alma London Limited Liability Company (Cobb Resources Corp & Boulder Gold Inc)

Park County, CO

Classification FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Type Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at London Mine.

Investigator narrative

VICTIM WAS LOADING ORE TRAIN USING PNEUMATICALLY OPERATED CHUTE DOOR WHEN VERY WET ORE EITHER RAN OR BROKE THE CHUTE BURYING THE VICTIM. VICTIM SUFFERED FROM INABILITY TO BRETHE AND DIED OF AS PHIXIATION.

Record details

Activity at time of incident: Chute, Pull Or Free
Subunit / location: UNDERGROUND
Underground location: LAST OPEN CROSSCUT
Accident type: Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Source of injury: BROKEN ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part affected: BODY SYSTEMS
Total mining experience: 17 years
Experience at this mine: 2 years
Experience in this job: 15 years
Degree of injury: FATALITY

Related fatalities

Same classification

July 11, 2026 · Outside Foreman · Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC, PA
March 3, 2026 · Cement Worker · North American Silica Sand, LLC, TX
January 19, 2026 · Ledgeman/Hand · Vermont Quarries Corp., VT
May 1, 2025 · Rotary Bucket Excavator Operator · Iron Oak Atascosa LLC, TX
January 3, 2025 · Utility Man · WES AGG, LLC, TX

Same year

December 29, 1988 · Haul/Off Road/Coal/Ore/Pit/Quarry/Rock/Rubber Tire Truck Driver · Lanham Coal Company Inc, KY
December 22, 1988 · Mine Manager · United States Steel Corp-Minnesota Ore Operations, MN
December 14, 1988 · Shuttle Car Operator · Webster County Coal Corp, KY
December 13, 1988 · Laborer · Sextet Mining Corp, KY
December 12, 1988 · Laborer · Pontiki Coal Corp, KY

Verify on MSHA

Every record on this page mirrors what MSHA publishes under its Open Government Data program, refreshed weekly. MSHA does not publish per-accident URLs (the Accidents data is distributed as a single bulk file), so this is how to retrieve the source for the specific record below:

Accident record: Download MSHA Accidents.zip then search for Document number 219882070001 (the unique key per MSHA Form 7000-1)
Mine record: MSHA Mine Data Retrieval System and search by Mine ID 0500571
All MSHA datasets: Open Government Data program directory covering Accident, Mines, Inspections, Violations, etc.

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) · Document 219882070001 · Mine ID 0500571 Trainer view →