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CASTLE ROCK QUARRY: 8 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Edward C Levy Jr
Douglas County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503930

MSHA record for CASTLE ROCK QUARRY (mine ID 0503930). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1987–1996
Latest incident
Jan 1996
Ownership history
  1. Castle Rock Aggregates 1984 to 1984
  2. Hallett Construction Company 1984 to 1986
  3. Hallett Materials 1986 to 1991
  4. Centennial Materials Company 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

CASTLE ROCK QUARRY sits in Douglas County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Douglas County, Colorado · Population 368,283
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$145,737
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1996 · 1 incident

January 4, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Centennial Materials Company · Struck against a moving object

EE STATES HE HAS BEEN OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER WITH BROKEN SEAT.

1993 · 4 incidents

October 26, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Centennial Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES THAT HE WAS BREAKING UP ROCK WITH A HAMMER AND THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE ROCK AND HIT HIS FOOT.

October 1, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Centennial Materials Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE STATES THAT HE WAS SHOVELING ROCKS AND DIRT WHEN HE FELT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER POP.

August 2, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Centennial Materials Company · Struck against stationary object

EE STATES HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE TRUCK AND WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT TOUCHED THE GROUND, HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

April 30, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Centennial Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE INDICATES HE HAS A SORE LOWER BACK RIGHT SIDE AND SORE RIGHT HIP AREA AFTER OPERATION OF LOADER.

1989 · 1 incident

March 24, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hallett Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BREAKING ROCK OUT OF JAW WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND STRUCK RIGHT FOOT.

1987 · 2 incidents

February 3, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hallett Materials · Fall onto or against objects

CLIMBING DOWN L5DDER FROM PLANT AFTER GREASING SLIPPED ON STEP COVERED WITH ICE AND SNOW.HEAVY SNOW AT THE TIME.FELL AGAINST GUARDRAIL STRUCK BACK AREA NEAR SHOULDER BLADES AND RECD INJURY.HE CONTINUED WORK3NG BUT PAIN CONTINUED AND THEN WENT TO DR. 2 DAYS LATER FOR EXAM AND TREATMENT BY CHIROPRACTOR,REMAINING ON THE JOB.

January 5, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hallett Materials · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE GOT IN7O FRONT-END LOADER,STARTED IT UP,TURNED ON THE UNIT'S CAB HEATER MOTOR,& IT FAN BLEW BACK DIRT -DEBRIS & A SMALL PEBBLES INTO HIS EYE.EMPLOYEE CONTINUED WORKING,CAME TO WORK THE NEXT DAY AN8 THEN HIS EYE CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM.WENT TO DR. DOR EXAM& REMOVAL OF THE DEBRIS & THE SMALL PEBBLES.