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Crusher #3: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Richard Tibbits
Montezuma County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504547

Crusher #3 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Sep 1994
Ownership history
  1. Mountain Gravel & Construction Company 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1995 0
1994 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Crusher #3 sits in Montezuma County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.5% 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.
Montezuma County, Colorado · Population 26,204
2.5%
Mining share of county employment
$63,005
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

1994 · 1 incident

September 28, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountain Gravel & Construction Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES THAT WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM THE PRIMARY THAT ANOTHER ROCK CAME LOOSE AND LANDED ON HIS FOOT.