EE WAS IN BED OF SERVICE TRUCK AND WENT TO CLIMB OUT OF BED AND TRIPPED ON A SCREEN IN BED OF TRUCK AND FELL OUT OF BACK OF TRUCK AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT ARM.
8-MILE GRAVEL PIT-WEST: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Rocky Mountain Materials & Asphalt Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Stephen Schnurr
Fremont County,
CO
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504449
8-MILE GRAVEL PIT-WEST has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1994.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1994–1998
- Latest incident
- Dec 1998
Ownership history
- Rocky Mountain Materials & Asphalt Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 |
| 1999 | 4 |
| 1998 | 8 |
| 1997 | 4 |
| 1996 | 3 |
| 1995 | 3 |
| 1994 | 5 |
| 1993 | 5 |
| 1992 | 4 |
| 1991 | 4 |
| 1990 | 3 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
8-MILE GRAVEL PIT-WEST sits in Fremont County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Fremont County, Colorado · Population 49,394
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$61,027
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Q1 | 769 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1998 · 1 incident
December 29, 1998
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rocky Mountain Materials & Asphalt Inc · Fall from machine
1996 · 1 incident
Rocky Mountain Materials & Asphalt Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS TRYING TO LOAD A FULL 55 GAL. DRUM INTO A LOADER BUCKET TO BE MOVED ACROSS PIT WHEN THE DRUM SHIFTED & SMASHED THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE RIGHT HAND FINGER AGAINST LOADER BUCKET.
1994 · 1 incident
June 30, 1994
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rocky Mountain Materials & Asphalt Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A 7FT LADDER APPROX 2FT ABOVE GROUND TO ADJUST A BELT WHEN LADDER SHIFTED DUE TO LOOSE MATERIAL UNDER LEG OF LDDER WHEN LADDER SHIFTED THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF LADDER ONTO UNEVEN GROUND WHICH STRAINED HIS BACK