Mining Incidents

Half Pints Crusher: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Redland Plc
Garfield County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502399

MSHA record for Half Pints Crusher (mine ID 0502399). 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
1986–1987
Latest incident
Jun 1987
Ownership history
  1. Valley View Excavation Company 1950 to 1979
  2. Burnett Construction Company 1979 to 1982
  3. Mobile Premix Company 1982 to 1987
  4. Mobile Premix Company 1987 to 1988
  5. Mobile Premix Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Half Pints Crusher sits in Garfield County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Garfield County, Colorado · Population 62,034
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$86,172
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 1 incident

June 11, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mobile Premix Company · Struck against a moving object

FRONT END LOADE9 BUCKET JARRED WHILE OPERATING AT NORMAL ACTIVITY CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO BOUNCE INSIDE LOADER. "POWERED HAULAGE"

1986 · 1 incident

June 18, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mobile Premix Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

NO ACCIDENT NO 3NJURY GRADUAL ON SET OF PAIN. EMPLOYEE REPORTED IT TO SUPERVISOR WHILE WORKING WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER.