GRIZZLY BEAR MINE
Metal/Non-Metal
Ouray County,
CO
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503608
MSHA record for GRIZZLY BEAR MINE (mine ID 0503608). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1994–1999
- Latest incident
- Jul 1999
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 12 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter |
Hours worked |
Citations |
S&S |
Per 1M hrs |
| 2000 Q1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
July 21, 1999
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Zmk Mine Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON 125 EIMCO-JARVIS LOADER (LHD);HE FAILED TO BLOCK BUCKET OF LOADED OF LOADER BEFORE MAINTENANCE BEGUN. APPARENTLY, IN TIGHTENING THE FITTING TO LIFT CYLIN DER, THE FITTING BROKE, RELEASING THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CAUSING BUCKET TO COME DOWN ON HIM, PINNING HIM AGAINST FRAME AND BUCKET LIFT ARM.
Reportable incidents
1 on file (excluding fatalities above)
1994 · 1 incident
EE WAS TRAMMING MATERIAL FROM ONE STOCK PILE TO ANOTHER STOCK PILE WHEN THE ENGINE DIED ON THE YOUNG BUGGY CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL EE JUMPED FROM THE YOUNG BUGGY & BROKE HIS LEG THE YOUNG B UGGY WAS LATER STARTED WITH ALL BRAKES INCLUDINGEMERGENCY BRAKE WORKING ON GOOD ORDER APPROX 700.00 DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE FRONT OF THE YOUNG BUGGY
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