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Herbst Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by George W Hall
Weld County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504318

MSHA record for Herbst Pit (mine ID 0504318). 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
1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Ownership history
  1. Hall-Irwin Construction Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Herbst Pit sits in Weld County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Weld County, Colorado · Population 340,711
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$93,287
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

1989 · 2 incidents

October 2, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WASP STING ON EMPLOYEE'S LEG. HE IS SOMEWHAT ALLERGIC TO INSECT STINGS AND HAD A REACTION THAT TOOK PRESCRIPTION DRUG TO COUNTERACT.

April 19, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hall-Irwin Construction Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS EXAMINING/XHIPPING SLAG FROM WELD WITH OUT CLEAR FACE SHIELD DOWN ON WELDING HELMET. APIECE OF HOT SLAG FLEW BACK BURNING THE INSIDE OF EMPLOYEE'S EYE LID.