American Gold Resources Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MEN WERE DRIVIN1 TIMER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER MAN WITH SLEDGE HAMMER HIT TIMBER A PIECE OF TIMBER BROKE OFF AND SLEDGE HAMMER HIT I.NAME IN THE NOSE
Granite Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
American Gold Resources Corp
· Underground
Controlled by
Idzal Daniel C
Lake County,
CO
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504080
MSHA record for Granite Mine (mine ID 0504080). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1986
- Latest incident
- Mar 1986
Ownership history
- American Gold Resources Corp 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Granite Mine sits in Lake County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 3.4% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Lake County, Colorado · Population 7,411
3.4%
Mining share of county employment
$93,655
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1986 · 2 incidents
American Gold Resources Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DRILL GOT HUNG 6P UN HOLE WHEN DRILLING SLAB ROUND.TRIED TO UNHANG DRILL AND PULLED HIS BACK.