Mining Incidents

Dot O Pit: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

L G Everist Inc · Surface
Eagle County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503886

MSHA record for Dot O Pit (mine ID 0503886). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Apr 1984
Ownership history
  1. L G Everist Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Dot O Pit sits in Eagle County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Eagle County, Colorado · Population 55,374
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$103,174
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1984 · 2 incidents

April 3, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L G Everist Inc · Fall down stairs

EE FELL COMING DOWN STEPS OF PLANT INJURING HIS LOWER BACK & HIP.

April 3, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
L G Everist Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE CLAIMS HE WAS THROWN AGAINST STEERING CLUTCH HANDLES WHN HE HIT A BIG ROCK.

1983 · 1 incident

October 8, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
L G Everist Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY DROPPED A 60# JACKHAMMER ON HIS RIGHT FOOT WHILE USING IT INSIDE MIXER DRUM CHIPPING HARDENED CEMENT.