Mining Incidents

Mogul Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Gems & Minerals Corp · Underground
Boulder County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504508

Mogul Mine has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1996.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1996
Latest incident
Feb 1996
Ownership history
  1. Durango Metals Inc 1992 to 1996
  2. Gems & Minerals Corp 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1997 0
1996 5
1995 7
1994 6
1993 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Mogul Mine sits in Boulder County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Boulder County, Colorado · Population 328,317
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$102,772
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

1996 · 2 incidents

February 21, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Durango Metals Inc · Struck by falling object

WENT IN, SCALED, SET UP SCAFFOLD, PROCEEDED TO ROOF BOLT. ROCK CAME OUT OF UPPER RIB, HIT DRILL STEEL PUSHING DRILL INTO EMPLOYEE'S FACE.