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American Mill: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Coors William K
Park County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502254

MSHA record for American Mill (mine ID 0502254). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Jan 1984
Ownership history
  1. Ams Inc Of Nevada 1981 to 1982
  2. Alma American Milling Corp 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

American 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

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

January 10, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alma American Milling Corp · Struck by flying object

EE REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES AFTER WELDING & GRINDING ON A LOADER BUCKET. HE WAS RELACING THE BUCKET TEETH BY D-RING IN ROLL PINS WITH HAMMER. WHEN A PIECE OF WLEDING SLAG STRUCK HIM IN T HE EYE. METAL HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM HIS EYE SURGICALLY.