Mining Incidents

Elbert County PitMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Robert Christian
Elbert, Elbert County, CO · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0505081
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2021
Latest incident
Feb 2021
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2021 · 1 incident

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

2 mine operators- moving concrete blocks, 1 loader operator, 1 operator standing between concrete blocks hooking chains to 2 pick points on concrete blocks. (Blind spot) loader operator lifted bucket at request of operator hooking chains to blocks. Block swung forward into operators legs (pinch point) between blocks.