Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING DRILL STEEL BACK INTO MINE, SLIPPED IN SNOW AND MUD TWISTING KNEE.
Jence Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal
Minerals Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
Thomas R Young
Gunnison County,
CO
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503894
MSHA record for Jence Mine (mine ID 0503894). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1983
- Latest incident
- Oct 1983
Ownership history
- Minerals Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Jence Mine sits in Gunnison County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.Gunnison County, Colorado · Population 17,158
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$77,358
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.