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Good Friday Mine: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Metal Enterprises Inc · Underground
Boulder County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502720

Good Friday Mine has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Dec 1984
Ownership history
  1. Metal Enterprises Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1985 0
1984 4
1983 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Good Friday Mine sits in Boulder County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Boulder County, Colorado · Population 328,317
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$102,772
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1984 · 1 incident

December 12, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Metal Enterprises Inc · Fall onto or against objects

THE LEGS ON THE CON DRYER GAVE WAY CAUSING DRYER TO FALL. THE LABORER MOVED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY FEET BECAME TANGLE CAUSING HIM TO FALL. AS HE WAS FALLING HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A BARREL.

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1983 · 3 incidents

July 25, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Metal Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE PARKED LHD LOADER AND IN STEPPING OUT OF LOADER SLIPPED BUMPING KNEE AGAINST SIDE OF LOADER RESULTING IN BRUISED KNEE

March 31, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Metal Enterprises Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING A ROPE RAISE AND CARRYING A SMALL HAMMER, FEET SLIPPED CAUSING LEFT HAND AND ARM TO SUPPORT MOST OF MINER\ S WEIGHT. SEVERELY STRAINED OR DIS-LOCATED LEFT SHOULDER.

January 12, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Metal Enterprises Inc · Rubbed or abraded

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS DELIVERING EXPLOSIIVES BY HAND CARRYING THEM TO WORK PLACE. FEET BECAME WET IN RUBBER BOOTS WHILE WALKING THROUGH A POOL OF WATER.