Mining Incidents

Fairplay Quarry: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

South Park Aggregates Inc · Surface
Controlled by Stewart Richard H
Park County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503790

MSHA record for Fairplay Quarry (mine ID 0503790). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Jul 1984
Ownership history
  1. Hulcher Aggregates Inc 1982 to 1986
  2. South Park Aggregates Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Fairplay Quarry sits in Park 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.
Park County, Colorado · Population 17,739
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$95,450
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1984 · 5 incidents

July 28, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Hulcher Aggregates Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDING ON A WASHER, PIECE OF HOT METAL DROPPED INTO BOOT BURNING ANKLE.

July 10, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hulcher Aggregates Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM SCREEN HE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS SHIN WHEN IT SCRAPED AGAINST EDGE OF SCREEN.

June 30, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hulcher Aggregates Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING GEAR ASSEMBLY ON SCREEN AREA WAS VERY CONFINED BUMPED ELBOW SEVERAL TIMES

June 1, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hulcher Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN REPLACING A RUBBER SKIRTING ON THE HOPPER. HE PICKED UP A PIECE OF METAL. THE METAL SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND CUTTING HIS FINGER.

March 29, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hulcher Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE BY HOLDING A PIECE OF STEEL UPRIGHT.WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WELDED ON THE DIECE.LOST HIS BALANCE AND SLIPPED CAUSING THE STEEL TO HIT HIS KNEE.