CMAE LOOSE LETTING MAN FALL BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND CUTTING HIS FACE ON SOMETHING WHILE FALLING DOWN.LADDER APPERARED TO BE IMPROPERLY FASTENED BEFORE OPERATOR SRARTED HIS CLIMBING.
Boulder County Portable: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Boulder County Road Maintenance
· Surface
Controlled by
Boulder County-Co
Boulder County,
CO
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Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502844
Boulder County Portable has had no fatalities among 5 reportable incidents since 1988.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 1988–1992
- Latest incident
- Apr 1992
Ownership history
- Boulder County Road Maintenance 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1995 | 4 |
| 1994 | 4 |
| 1993 | 4 |
| 1992 | 4 |
| 1991 | 3 |
| 1990 | 3 |
| 1989 | 4 |
| 1988 | 4 |
| 1987 | 4 |
| 1986 | 3 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Boulder County Portable sits in Boulder County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Boulder County, Colorado · Population 328,317
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$102,772
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file1992 · 1 incident
April 2, 1992
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boulder County Road Maintenance · Fall from ladders
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1990 · 1 incident
Boulder County Road Maintenance · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CHANGING CONVEY BELT CHAIN SLIPPED SMASHED L RING FINGER LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN CHAIN AND SIDE OF CONVY
1989 · 2 incidents
June 13, 1989
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boulder County Road Maintenance · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
USING A HAMMER & CHISEL TO REMOVE SMALL NUT FROM BELTING RT ELBOW BECAME SORE IS ON EMPLOYEE REQUESTED VACATION UN TIL 062689
March 29, 1989
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boulder County Road Maintenance · Struck against stationary object
REMOVING BOLTS FROM SHAKER BOX. THEY HAD BECOME ROUNDED DUE TO ABRASIVE ACTION OF GRAVEL.
1988 · 1 incident
March 24, 1988
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boulder County Road Maintenance · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
REMOVED LARGE ROCK FROM JAWS OF CRUSHER AFTER REMOVING CHAIN ROCK TIPPED OVER ENTRAPING RT FOOT BRUISED ARCH NO LOST TIME