Mining Incidents

Caribou Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Nederland Mines Inc · Underground
Controlled by Horvath George A
Boulder County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503599

MSHA record for Caribou Mine (mine ID 0503599). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Mar 1985
Ownership history
  1. Hendricks-Good Milling Company 1980 to 1983
  2. North American Power Petroleums 1983 to 1985
  3. Nederland Mines Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Caribou Mine 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

2 on file

1985 · 1 incident

March 19, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
North American Power Petroleums · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE CREW WAS USING A TUGGER AND COMEALONGS TO MOVE A PORTABLE HYDRAULIC POWER UNIT FOR A DIAMOND DRILL A SLING SLIPPED ALLOWING THE POWER UNIT TO ROLL UNEXPECTEDLY PINNING THE MANS RT LEG AG AINST SOME SHAFT TIMBER

1983 · 1 incident

October 10, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner helper, coal mole helper, bridgeman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
North American Power Petroleums · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOST FOOTING AND FELL WHILE OPEATING CHAINSAW ON HILLSIDE.ROTATING BLADE STRUCK EMPL LEFT THIGH DURING FALL.