GOLDEN WONDER Metal/Non-Metal

Orvis-Barker Mining · Underground

Controlled by Lance Barker; Ken Orvis

Hinsdale County, CO · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 0502387

MSHA record for GOLDEN WONDER (mine ID 0502387). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 1985–1988
Latest incident: Sep 1988

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

November 17, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

Ritter Mining Company · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

2 EMPL OUTSIDE 4ORKING OUTSIDE PUTTING UP SNOWSHED.I.NAME IN LOADER BUCKET PUTTING UP TIMBER AND VICTIM WAS STANDING BELOW BUCKET HOLDING TIMBER WHILE I.NAME WAS BLOCKING TIMBER WITH HAMMER.SU DDENLY SNOWLIDE3CAME DOWN AND BURIED THE TWO.I,MNAME CRAWLED 50-65' THROUGH SNOW.BURIED ON SUNDAY AND TUNNELED OUT MONDAY.TUNNELED IN AGAIN MONDAY PM TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM COLD.TUES-HEARD H

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1988 · 1 incident

September 29, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Gold Star Mining Company · Struck by falling object

COMPANY GEOLOGIST WAS CONDUCTING AN UNDERGROUND TOUR OF INACTIVE MINE WORKINGS WHILE INSPECTING A VEIN EXPOSURE INSIDE ON OPEN STOPE A ROCK DISLODGED FROM THE ROOF BACK & STRUCK THE GEOLOGIST ON THE LOWER BACK MINE WAS NOT IN PRODUCTION AT THE TIME

1987 · 3 incidents

October 9, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Gold Star Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS INSTALL3NG TIMBER IN THE MAIN HAULAGE DRIFT BACK, WHERE A PILLAR HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REMOVED AND A CONNECTION HAD BEEN MADE TO THE UPPER ABANDONED WORKINGS, WHILE THIS WORK WAS BEING D ONE SOME MATERI5L BECAME DISLODGED STRIKING THE TIMBERS BEING INSTALLED KNOCKING THE INDIVIDUAL DOWN

October 9, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Gold Star Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS INSTALL3NG TIMBER IN THE MAIN HAULAGE DRIFT BACK WHERE A PILLAR HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REMOVED AND A CONNECTION HAD BEEN MADE TO THE UPPER ABANDONED WORKINGS WHILE THIS WORK WAS B9ING DONE SOME MATERIAL BECAME DISLODGED STRIKING THE TIMBERS BEING INSTALLED KNOCKING HIM DOWN

June 29, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Gold Star Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL INSTALLING38'' X 8'' POST IN TIMBERED MANWAY WHEN HE HIT FINGER WITH AN AXE.

1986 · 1 incident

June 12, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Gold Star Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE INJURED WAS3A CONTRACTOR DOING THE MINE SURVEYING. AT THE TIME OF INJURY HE HAD GONE OUTSIDE OF THE MINE TO TAKE A WORK BREAK. DURING THE WORK BREAK HE WAS SLIDING DOWN A SNOW FIELD ON HIS FEET WHEN A SU8DEN STOP CAUSED HIS LEG TO BREAK. THIS INJURY WAS UNRELATED TO HIS WORKER CONTRACT WITH GOLD STAR MINING CO.

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