Mining Incidents

#205-MVP450Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by John Gilleland
Durango, La Plata County, CO · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504034
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2006–2016
Latest incident
Jan 2016
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2016 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Our technician was working onsite at the C&J Gravel shop in Durango, CO, Mine ID#0504034. While removing jaw wedge with an impact wrench the pusher bolts and wedge became free pushing the impact wrench into EE's chest, causing EE to fall on the grizzley fingers. EE was treated and released at Mercy Medical missing one day of work on Friday 1/15/16

2015 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

He was climbing into the trackhoe and slipped on the step and injured his left knee

2012 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

While he was cleaning out material buildup on a chute, which is suspended by chains and one of the chains broke causing him to fall against the conveyor railing frame and he bruised his left knee.

2009 · 2 incidents

Fall to the walkway or working surface

After servicing the loader, EE started walking to personal truck to go home and stepped wrong then slipped on snow. (It had been snowing all day) resulting from the slip & twisting of his ankle he fell to ground onto his right side. He said when he slipped he felt something pop. EE said he was going to wait until morning to have Dr Check ankle.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Carried a heavy roll of vapor barrier from pickup to office, was squatting to set roll down on the floor and dropped roll on floor. Next day was experiencing some pain in groin area. Two days later was not able to walk very easily.

2008 · 1 incident

Fall to the walkway or working surface

He was putting oil into the grizzly feed to one of our rock crushers when he turned to come down the pile of dirt he was on he fell. He tried to catch himself and hurt his back.

2006 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was heating a large bolt that was stuck. A chain holding the cone head in place broke, allowing it to turn, causing him to slip and fall approx. 2 feet.