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Bowie Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Coors Energy Company · Underground
Controlled by Coors Adolph Company
Paonia, Delta County, CO  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 0500239

MSHA record for Bowie Mine (mine ID 0500239). 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
Feb 1984
Ownership history
  1. Juanita Coal & Coke Company 1950 to 1974
  2. Coors Energy Company 1974 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bowie Mine sits in Delta County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 5.2% 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.
Delta County, Colorado · Population 31,353
5.2%
Mining share of county employment
$58,330
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

February 1, 1984 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Coors Energy Company · Struck by falling object

ROBERT WAS STANDING ON PARTIAL BUILT SEAL WE WERE BUILDING, SCALING LOOSE COAL FROM RIB WHEN A FAIRLY LARGE PIECE OF COAL FELL OUT STRIKING HIM ON THE TOES BREAKING A BONE IN THE BIG TOE & SEC OND TOE.