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Castle Sand Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

El Paso County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503669

MSHA record for Castle Sand Plant (mine ID 0503669). 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
1983
Latest incident
Jan 1983
Ownership history
  1. Castle Concrete Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Castle Sand Plant sits in El Paso County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
El Paso County, Colorado · Population 736,008
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$87,470
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

1983 · 1 incident

January 12, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Castle Concrete Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE REPAIRS OF HIS LOADER BY REMOVING THE WORN UNIVERSAL JOINTS. HE WAS HOLDING THE DRIVE SHAFT UP WITH ONE HAND & REMOVING THE U-JOINT WITH THE OTHER. HE DID NOT EXPECT T HE SHAFT TO WEIGH SO MUCH. WHEN THE SHAFT DROPPED HE COULDN\T LET GO FAST ENOUGH & IT FELL ON HIS FINGER.