Mining Incidents

Ft Collins South: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Larimer County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503256

MSHA record for Ft Collins South (mine ID 0503256). 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
1986
Latest incident
Aug 1986
Ownership history
  1. Flatiron Paving Company 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ft Collins South sits in Larimer County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Larimer County, Colorado · Population 363,561
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$91,364
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

1986 · 1 incident

August 15, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Flatiron Paving Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

WHILE CLEANING 4ATERIAL BUILDUP AWAY FROM BASE OF TROUGHING ROLLER, LOCATED UNDER LOAD HOPPER, GLOVE ON RIGHT HAND CAUGHT IN ROLLER AND WAS PULLED IN BETWEEN ROLLER AND CONVEYOR BELT. THE LOAD HOPPER PREVENTE8 IT FROM GOING CLEAR THROUGH, TRAPPING RIGHT ARM, GUARD WAS IN PLACE BUT WAS BYPASSED TO REACH BUILDUP