Mining Incidents

Drennan Sand Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by English China Clays PLC
El Paso County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503198

MSHA record for Drennan Sand Pit (mine ID 0503198). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Schmidt-Tiago Construction Company 1978 to 1980
  2. Schmidt-Tiago Construction Company 1980 to 1985
  3. Cooley Gravel Company Of Colorado Springs Inc 1985 to 1988
  4. Cooley Gravel Company Of Colorado Springs Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Drennan Sand Pit sits in El Paso County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
El Paso County, Colorado · Population 736,008
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$87,470
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.