Mining Incidents

MULE CREEK GRAVEL PITMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Pete Kuyper
Divide, Teller County, CO · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504711
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Jan 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE GRIZZLY HEIGHT ADJUSTER BECAME LODGED IN ITS SLIDE. WHEN EMPLOYEE REACHED FOR A HAMMER TO TAP ON THE ADJUSTER IT CAME FREE AND STARTED SLIDING DOWN. HE REACHED TO CATCH IT AND THE END OF H IS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A BOLT ON THE TOP OF THE ADJUSTER AND THE SQUARE TUBE IT SLIDES IN.