Mining Incidents

Lawrence Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wendell W Brinkmann
Douglas County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503278

MSHA record for Lawrence Pit (mine ID 0503278). 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
1984
Latest incident
Oct 1984
Ownership history
  1. Brinkmann-Woodward Construction Company 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Lawrence Pit sits in Douglas County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Douglas County, Colorado · Population 368,283
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$145,737
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

October 10, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Brinkmann-Woodward Construction Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP WAS WELDING ON A NEW HOPPER BEING BUILT AND SET UP IN OPERATING THR CUTTING TORCH HE WENT TO BRUSH OFF SLAG WITH LEFT THUMB AND DUE TO A HOLE IN HIS GLOVE HE BURNED LEFT THUMB