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Clay County Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Winstock Mining Corp (Us) · Underground
Gilpin County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503530

MSHA record for Clay County Mine (mine ID 0503530). 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
Aug 1983
Ownership history
  1. Gold Ridge Mining Company 1980 to 1983
  2. Winstock Mining Corp (Us) 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Clay County Mine sits in Gilpin County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Gilpin County, Colorado · Population 5,877
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$88,654
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

August 24, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Winstock Mining Corp (Us) · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING TIMBER WITH COMPRESSED AIR CHAIN SAW. CONTRARY TO SAFETY RULES, HE WAS USING THE TIP. THE SAW SKIPPED OUT OF TBLE CUT, CUT THAROUGH HIS BOOT AND INTO HIS LEFT BIG TOE, SE VERING TWO TOP TENDONS. PHYSICIAN TOLD EMPLOYEE IMPAIRMENT WILL BE MINOR.