Mining Incidents

SCHWARTZWALDERMetal/Nonmetal

Cotter Corp · Underground
Denver, Jefferson County, CO · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0500791
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Jul 2001
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2001 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS KNEE (L) WHILE WALKING ON UNEVEN GROUND. MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED FOR INFLAMATION.

2000 · 5 incidents

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER, THE EMPLOYEE TURNED AND HURT HIS KNEE.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SPOOLING A CABLE, THE SPOOL ROD HIT THE RIB (SIDEWALL) KNOCKING A ROCK LOOSE WHICH HIT THE EE IN THE MOUTH CUTTING HIS LIP AND KNOCKING A TOOTH LOOSE RESULTING IN SUTURES.

Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS KILLING THE ENGINE ON THE ELMAC WHEN HIS HAND LSIPPEDOFF OF THE KILL CABLE AND HE HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE R.O.P.S. INITIAL DIAGNOSIS WAS POSSIBLE FRACTURE, HOWEVER, THE FOLLOW-UP BY SPECIALIST INDICATED THAT IT WAS ONLY A CONTUSION.

Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING APART A FAN WHEN HE NOTICED A ROCK ON TOP OF THE STEEL SETS WHEN HE TRIED TO REMOVE IT, THE ROCKSLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AND FELL ON HIS FOOT, FRACTURING THE 4TH & 5TH TOES O N HIS RIGHT FOOT.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CLAIMS TO HAVE NUMBNESS, TINGLING AND -AIN IN BOTH OF HIS WRISTS FROM YEARS OF DRILLING.