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Herbst Pit: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by George W Hall
Weld County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504450

Herbst Pit has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1996.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1996–1998
Latest incident
Mar 1998
Ownership history
  1. Material Processing Inc 1990 to 1995
  2. Hall-Irwin Construction Company 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1998 4
1997 6
1996 5
1995 5
1994 5
1993 6
1992 6
1991 8
1990 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Herbst Pit sits in Weld County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Weld County, Colorado · Population 340,711
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$93,287
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1998 · 1 incident

March 6, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WE WERE CHANGING HER ON 45" CRUSHER CONE. EE HAD A 3'X2" SHAFT, HIS HAD WAS ON, THE END AND HE BUMPED THE CRUSHER. THIS SMASHED HIS THUMB BETWEEN HE BUMPED THE CRUSHER. THIS SMASHED, HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE SHAFT AND CONE. HE TOLD ME ABOUT ITI SAID TO JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT. IT BECAME INFECTED, SENT HIM TO THE DR.

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1997 · 1 incident

December 5, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THERE WAS SNOW AND ICE COVERING SOME FROZEN SAND. EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON THE PILE AND SLIPPED. HE FELL AND TWISTED HIS BACK. IT DID NOT HURT HIM UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. HEWAS SENT TO URGENT MEDICAL A ND THEN TO A DOCTOR. IT WAS NOT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND HE IS ABLE TO DO ALL OF HIS DUTIES.

1996 · 1 incident

May 20, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PICKING MUD ON A CONVEYOR WHEN A LARGE PIECE OF SHALE CAME BY. THE EE TRIED TO REMOVE THE ROCK AND FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN.