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Bald Eagle Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Cr-Vcm Joint Venture · Facility
Clear Creek County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502354

MSHA record for Bald Eagle Mine (mine ID 0502354). 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
1990
Latest incident
Jan 1990
Ownership history
  1. Concord Minerals Corp 1950 to 1983
  2. E & J Minerals Corp 1983 to 1987
  3. Occidental Mineral Development Inc 1987 to 1989
  4. Cr-Vcm Joint Venture 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bald Eagle Mine sits in Clear Creek County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Clear Creek County, Colorado · Population 9,358
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$96,667
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

1990 · 1 incident

January 22, 1990 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HOISTING
Cr-Vcm Joint Venture · Fall from ladders

ACCIDNET FICTIM WAS SHIPPING MSHA INSPECTORS GEAR TO COLLAR ADN WAS NERVOUS BECAUSE INSPECTOR WAS WATCHING HIM AND CONCERNED THAT HE WAS NOT IN BOTTOM HELPING HIS PARTNER. HE RANG INCORRECT B ELL AND PROCEEDED DOWN SHAFT NOT REALIZING SKIP WAS COMING DOWN. SKIP DISLODGED HIM FROM LADDERS CUASING HIM TO FALL ABOUT 20 FEET DOWN FOOTWALL TO BOTTOM OF WINZE.