Mining Incidents

HERBST PIT Metal/Non-Metal

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

MSHA record for HERBST PIT (mine ID 0504450). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at HERBST PIT.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1996–1998
Latest incident
Mar 1998
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.

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.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on HERBST PIT

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.