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Joker Mine & Pilot Plant: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Badger Hole LLC · Surface
Controlled by Harry Russell Colborn
Moffat County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502718

Joker Mine & Pilot Plant has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Dec 1985
Ownership history
  1. Marathon Gold Corp 1950 to 2026
  2. Badger Hole LLC 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1987 1
1986 1
1985 14
1984 41
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Joker Mine & Pilot Plant sits in Moffat County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 9.5% 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.
Moffat County, Colorado · Population 13,258
9.5%
Mining share of county employment
$70,975
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1985 · 1 incident

December 11, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marathon Gold Corp · Fall from machine

WHILE HAULING F6EL TO GENERATORS. EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON REAR BUMPER OF FUEL TRUCK IN ORDER TO SHUT OFF FUEL PUMP. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF BUMPER AND HE FELL LANDING ACROSS TAILGATE OF TRUCK HE HIT THE RIGHT SIDE3OF HIS RIB CAGE ON THE TAILGATE EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX. 2 FT THERE WAS LIGHT SNOW ON THE GROUND AND TEMPERATORES WERE SUB FREEZING.

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1984 · 2 incidents

July 3, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Marathon Gold Corp · Fall from machine

DRILL PIPE SWUNG AND KNOCKED HIM OFF DRILL RIG AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE

May 7, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Marathon Gold Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARRYING A PIECE OF PIPE, STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED LOWER BACK