Mining Incidents

CURSHER UNIT #2: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Mountain Gravel · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Montezuma County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504037

MSHA record for CURSHER UNIT #2 (mine ID 0504037). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993–1997
Latest incident
Aug 1997
Ownership history
  1. Mountain Gravel & Construction Company 1985 to 1998
  2. Mountain Gravel 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CURSHER UNIT #2 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.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1997 · 1 incident

1993 · 1 incident

July 23, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountain Gravel & Construction Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT WHILE TRYING TO PUT A FRAME BACK ON LOADER, IT SLIPPED OFF AND FELL ON HIS FOOT BREAKING IT.