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Ensle'S Prospect: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

San Juan County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504403

MSHA record for Ensle'S Prospect (mine ID 0504403). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Aug 1989
Ownership history
  1. Wide West Inc/Burbank*Gold Ltd 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ensle'S Prospect sits in San Juan County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
San Juan County, Colorado · Population 690
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$73,889
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

1989 · 1 incident

August 30, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wide West Inc/Burbank*Gold Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME WAS REMOVING CAPS FROM THE DETONATOR MAGAZINE, WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND SLIPPED OFF THE COVER OF THE MAGAZINE AS HE WAS CLOSING IT. HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE COVER AND THE MAIN BODY OF THE MAGAZINE. A LACERATION OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER RESULTED, REQUIRING THREE STITCHES.