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Gold Star Open Pit Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Teller County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504380

Gold Star Open Pit Mine has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1989.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Ownership history
  1. Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1989 7
1988 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Gold Star Open Pit Mine sits in Teller County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Teller County, Colorado · Population 24,774
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$80,666
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1989 · 3 incidents

April 17, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company · Fall from piled material

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF ORE PILE AND THE GROUND COLLAPSED UNDERNEATH HIM. EMPLOYEE'S LEFT KNEE SLIPPED BETWEEN TWO ROCKS, CAUSING IT TO TWIST. THE ORE PILE WAS UNUSUALLY STEEP, DUE TO B LASTING AND SLOUGHING CONDITIONS.

April 15, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor MACHINERY
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL GIVING DIRECTIONS TO CTR PERFORMING TREE CLEARING OPER.GIVING INSTRUCTIONS,1 TREE THAT HAD BEEN PUSHED OVER SPRANG UP AND HIT EMPL HAND WHICH WAS HOLDING SAFETY HANDLE ON BULLDOZER BEING USED IN OPERATION.

January 23, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS UNDERNEATH 235 CAT EXCAVATOR EXAMINING STARTER CONNECTION PRIOR TO STARTUP. HE CAUGHT HIS TAILBONE ON THE HOE HOOK UNDERNEATH AND SLIPPED TO THE GROUND FRACTURING THE TAILBONE.