Mining Incidents

BOULDER COUNTY PORTABLE: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Boulder County-Co
Boulder County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502844

MSHA record for BOULDER COUNTY PORTABLE (mine ID 0502844). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1988–1992
Latest incident
Apr 1992
Ownership history
  1. Boulder County Road Maintenance 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

BOULDER COUNTY PORTABLE sits in Boulder County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Boulder County, Colorado · Population 328,317
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$102,772
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1992 · 1 incident

April 2, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boulder County Road Maintenance · Fall from ladders

CMAE LOOSE LETTING MAN FALL BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND CUTTING HIS FACE ON SOMETHING WHILE FALLING DOWN.LADDER APPERARED TO BE IMPROPERLY FASTENED BEFORE OPERATOR SRARTED HIS CLIMBING.

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 2 incidents

June 13, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boulder County Road Maintenance · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A HAMMER & CHISEL TO REMOVE SMALL NUT FROM BELTING RT ELBOW BECAME SORE IS ON EMPLOYEE REQUESTED VACATION UN TIL 062689

March 29, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boulder County Road Maintenance · Struck against stationary object

REMOVING BOLTS FROM SHAKER BOX. THEY HAD BECOME ROUNDED DUE TO ABRASIVE ACTION OF GRAVEL.

1988 · 1 incident

March 24, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boulder County Road Maintenance · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVED LARGE ROCK FROM JAWS OF CRUSHER AFTER REMOVING CHAIN ROCK TIPPED OVER ENTRAPING RT FOOT BRUISED ARCH NO LOST TIME