Mining Incidents

Coal Ridge #1 Mine: 1 reportable incident Coal

Ncig Financial Inc · Underground
Controlled by Backer Rushton O
New Castle, Garfield County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503718

MSHA record for Coal Ridge #1 Mine (mine ID 0503718). 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
1985
Latest incident
Dec 1985
Ownership history
  1. Storm King Mines Inc 1981 to 1984
  2. New Castle Energy Corp 1985 to 1991
  3. Ncig Financial Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Coal Ridge #1 Mine sits in Garfield County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Garfield County, Colorado · Population 62,034
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$86,172
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

1985 · 1 incident

December 13, 1985 CO · Coal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
New Castle Energy Corp · Fall onto or against objects

DRILLING WITH J5CK LEG MACHINE, LEG SLIPPED, MAN TRIED TO CATCH MACHINE, LOST BALANCE AND FELL INTO 8 INCH DRILL STEEL STANDING ON RIB OF TUNNEL, RESULT BRUISED AND SEPERATED SHOULDER.