WHILE GIVING REGULAR PLANT OPERATOR A LUNCH BREAK. HE WAS PICKING MUD OFF CONVEYOR BELT TO CRUSHER AND AS HE LIFTED A PIECE OF MUD HE FELT A TWINGE OF PAIN IN HIS LEFT WRIST.
BRIGHTON PLANT: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for BRIGHTON PLANT (mine ID 0504471). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 6
- Years on record
- 1992–1998
- Latest incident
- Sep 1998
- Cooley Gravel Company 1991 to 1994
- Cooley Gravel Company 1994 to 1997
- Camas Colorado Inc 1997 to present
BRIGHTON PLANT sits in Adams County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.9% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
6 on file1998 · 1 incident
1993 · 3 incidents
WHILE CLEANING OVER CHUTE ON 8 X 20 SCREEN OPERATOR WAS HIT ON RT. SHOULDER BY A FLYING ROCK. OPERATOR EXPERIENCED A BRUISED SHOULDER.
WHILE MOVING & SETTING LUP CONVEYOR'S OPERATOR SPRAINED RIGHT HAND. OPERATOR DOES NOT REMEMBER TWHAT EXACTLY CAUSED SPAIN. HE DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR FOR EXAM UNTIL 8-13-93.
MINER WAS PRYING ON A MOTOR WHILE A CRANE WAS ATTACHED TO MTR.W/STRAIN ON HOIST LINE. CRANE OILER UNAWARE OF TRAIN CONTINUED TO PICK CAUSING MTR. TO LEAP OUT AT MINER. MINER WAS HIT IN FACE CA USING LACERATIONS TO LET SIDE OF NOSE & EYEBROW.
1992 · 2 incidents
PARTY INVOLVED WAS CLEANING OUT UNDER GRIZZLY HOPER WITH A SKID STEER. THIS CLEANING IS ALWAYS DONE WITH A LARGE LOADER. PARTY DID NTO COMMUNICATE THIS TASK WITH LOADER OPERATOR THAT LOADS T HIS HOPPER. WHILE PARTY WAS CLEANING HE WAS HIT WITH ROCKS ON LEFT HAND AND RIGHT LEG.
85061S LIFTING CONVEYOR BELT TO PUT CHAIN UNDER BELT SO THAT LOADER COULD DISPOSE OF IT. WHILE LIFTING BELT, PATIENT FELT A POP IN LOWER BACK AND EXPERIENCED EXCRUCIATING PAIN.