Mining Incidents

El Jay Cone Crusher: 10 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jefferson County - Co
Jefferson County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502836

MSHA record for El Jay Cone Crusher (mine ID 0502836). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1985–1994
Latest incident
Dec 1994
Ownership history
  1. Board Of County Commissioners 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

El Jay Cone Crusher sits in Jefferson County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Jefferson County, Colorado · Population 579,715
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$107,800
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1994 · 3 incidents

December 30, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Board Of County Commissioners · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

CARRIAGE ROLLER UNDER CRUSHER WAS STUCK. ATTEMPTING TO BREAK LOSE WITH A PRY BAR, WHILE DOING THIS CAUSED MUSCLE STRAIN IN ABDOMEN.

March 30, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Board Of County Commissioners · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOVING BOLTS FROM TAIL PULLEY BEARING WITH WRENCH. SHOULDER ON BOLT HEAD WAS ROUNDED OR WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF BOLT CATCHING SMALL FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE FRAME OF THE EQUIPMENT AND T HE WRENCH.

March 24, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Board Of County Commissioners · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WLAKING ON NORTH SIDE OF FEEDER BELT, MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR MOVING FROM THIS SITE. SLIPPED ON ICE COVERED BY SNOW. INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 2-23-94, WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY DR. UNTIL 3-24-94 WHEN E E'S DISCOMFORT DID NOT ABATE.

1992 · 2 incidents

October 23, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Board Of County Commissioners · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

USING HAMMER AND PUNCH BAR TO REMOVE LINER WEDGE PINS-EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO HIT PUNCH BAR WITH HAMMER MISSED, HAMMER CONTINUED ON PAST PUNCH BAR CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN HAMMER HANDL AND PUNCH BAR.

October 1, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Board Of County Commissioners · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE IN DOING NORMAL JOB OF REMOVING DEBRIS FROM SCREEN DECK HAD RETRIEVED A ROCK.WHILE STILL IN EMPLOYEES HAND TOP SCREEN DECK,WHICH MOVES UP AND DOWN CAME UP CATCHING FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN DECK AND ROCK.

1991 · 1 incident

July 29, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Board Of County Commissioners · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS REMOVING THE PULLEY GUARD TO CHECK BELTS HE REMOVED THE BOLTS FROM TOPTO BOTTOM CREATING A SITUATION WHERE THE GUARD ROTATED ON THE LOWER BOLT STRIKING HIS HARD HAT WHICH CAME DOWN CAUSING A LACERATION ON THE NOSE HE WAS TREAT EDBY A PHYSICIAN & RELEASED TO DUTY

1990 · 1 incident

July 23, 1990 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Board Of County Commissioners · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HH WAS REPAIRING A CRUSHER CONVEYOR BELT WITH A FLEXCO BELT SPLICER. HE WAS WORKING IN CRAMPED GQUARTER WITH A HAMMER AND CHISEL WHEN HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS HAND. HE WAS ATTENDED BY A PHYSICIA N AND DIAGNOSED AS CONTUSION AND SUPERFICIAL ABRASION OF THE LEFT HAND. A SPLINT WAS PUT ON AND HE RETURNED TO WORK.

1985 · 3 incidents

December 12, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Board Of County Commissioners · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WENT T2 GET OUT OF THE LOADER SLIPPED ON STEP AND FELL TO THE GROUND

November 21, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Board Of County Commissioners · Fall from ladders

WHILE CLIMBING 8ONW THE CRUSHER LADDER THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND THIS RESULTED IN A SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE AND HAIRLINE CRACK IN BONE

July 22, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Board Of County Commissioners · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CARRYING A CRUSHER SCREEN ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES DROPPED HIS SIDE OF SCREEN RESULTING SUDDEN CHANG IN WEIGHT CAUSED A V-TYPE LACERATION ON MIDDLE FINGER OF EMPLOYEES RT HAND