Mining Incidents

Alma Project Mill: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

London Mine Venture · Facility
Park County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503486

MSHA record for Alma Project Mill (mine ID 0503486). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Dec 1988
Ownership history
  1. Silver State Mining Corp 1979 to 1988
  2. Dorado Mining Company Inc 1985 to 1985
  3. London Mine Venture 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Alma Project Mill sits in Park County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Park County, Colorado · Population 17,739
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$95,450
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

December 28, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
London Mine Venture · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VICTIM WAS OPERATING CRUSHER, ATTEMPTED TOLIFT THE GATE TO THE JAW FEEDER; WHILE LIFTING PROPERLY, GROIN INJURY SUSTAINED.

May 26, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
London Mine Venture · Flash burns (electric)

CHECKING PHASE VOLTAGE ON 480 VOVOLT O-PHASE DISCONNECT. VOLTMETHER 10 METER WAS SET IN OFF READING POSITION A(D HAD WIRE JUMMPER WHERE FUSE BELONGED. UPON TOUCHIG METER PROBE TO "B" AND "C " PHASES, ARC OF ELECTRICITY INITIATED IN METAL AND DISCONNECT BOX. ELECTRICIAN WAS THROWN BACK 10 FT. BURNT HANDS, NECK FACE, EYES. NO SAFETY GLASSES BEING WORN.