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Stringtown Mill: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Leadville Corp · Facility
Controlled by Risk Robert
Lake County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502267

Stringtown Mill has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–1988
Latest incident
Jul 1988
Ownership history
  1. Day Mines Inc 1950 to 1981
  2. Hecla Mining Company 1981 to 1987
  3. Leadville Corp 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1990 2
1989 4
1988 18
1987 10
1985 0
1984 10
1983 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Stringtown Mill sits in Lake County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 3.4% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Lake County, Colorado · Population 7,411
3.4%
Mining share of county employment
$93,655
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

July 14, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Leadville Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I NAME WAS CARRYING A SRL PUMP BARREL WHEN HE SLIPPED ON WET SLICK FLOOR (DUE TO EARLIER FLOCCULANT SPILL) FALLING ON HIS BACK AND ELBOWS HIS ELBOWS WERE INJURED AND BY THE END OF THE DAY HE COULD NOT LIFT HIS ARMS OR ANY WEIGHT NO BROKEN BONES , JUST BRUISED VERY BADLY

February 10, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Leadville Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I.NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO STRAIGHTEN A SECTION OF POLYETHYLENE PIPE THAT WAS CLAMPED IN A FUSION WELDER THE PIPE ROTATED IN ITS CLAMP THROWING I.NAME TO THE GROUND CAUSING A LOWER BACK STRAIN

Show 3 earlier incidents

1984 · 3 incidents

September 12, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hecla Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE CLOSED THE DOOR OF THE COMPANY PICKUP ON HIS LEFT THUMB

August 30, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hecla Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP SHOVELING MATERIAL AT THE MILL AND CUT HER RT LITTLE FINGER ON A METAL GUARD

May 23, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Hecla Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE WHILE HANGING WATER PIPE IN MILL SHOP