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CHERRY CREEK SAND PIT: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by W W Sellers
Arapahoe County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0500962

MSHA record for CHERRY CREEK SAND PIT (mine ID 0500962). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1987–1995
Latest incident
Jul 1995
Ownership history
  1. Cherry Creek Sand Specialties Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

CHERRY CREEK SAND PIT sits in Arapahoe County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Arapahoe County, Colorado · Population 655,709
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$97,215
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1995 · 1 incident

July 6, 1995 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cherry Creek Sand Specialties Company · Fall onto or against objects

DRIVER ALLEDGLY WAS GETTING INTO CAB OF TRUCK, WHEN HE ALLEGEDLY SLIPPED OFF THE SEP OF TRUCK AND HIT LEFT SHIN ON STEP. DRIVER SUFFERED A CONTUSION & ABRASION ON LEFT SHIN. THE STEP WAS CLE AN AND DRY. DRIVER WAS TOLD TO TAKE MORE TIME WHEN GETTING INTO A VEHICLE.

1991 · 1 incident

August 18, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cherry Creek Sand Specialties Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS PRYING THE DRUM ON DRYING OPERATION BACK INTO POSITION. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL FORWARD HITTING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ON METAL BIN. HE IS ON RESTRICTED LIFTING FOR A W EEK OR TWO UNTIL IT FEELS BETTER.

1990 · 1 incident

August 15, 1990 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Cherry Creek Sand Specialties Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL ALLEGEDLYWAS PLACING PIECES OF BROKEN CONCRETE FOR USE AS RIP RAP ON POND BANK. BEE LANDED ON RIGHT HAND & STUNG HIM.

1989 · 3 incidents

July 12, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cherry Creek Sand Specialties Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL ALLEGEDLY WAS TAKING AN 80LB BAG OF SAND OFF OF PACKAGING MACHINE TO TOSS ONTO WOODEN PALLET EMPL ALLEGEDLY PULLED MUSCLE IN MIDDLE OF BACK HE WAS ABLE TO FINISH SHIFT BUT THE INJURY BECA ME MORE PAINFUL OVERNIGHT AND WAS REFERRED TO A DR THE FOLLOWING DAY

1987 · 1 incident

October 1, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HOISTING
Cherry Creek Sand Specialties Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALLEGEDLY THE E5EVATOR WAS PLUGGED WITH SAND.OPERATOR ALLEGEDLY DUG OUT SAND WITH SHOVEL AND WHEN ELEVATOR WAS SLOW TO START,HE HELPED IT OUT BY STEPPING ON ELEVATOR BUCKET AND USING HIS WEIGH T TO HELP GET I7 STARTED. INJURY WAS TO LEFT FOOT BEING CAUGHT IN THE ELEVATOR.YTHE LEFT FOOT SWOLLEN AND SORE.