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Munger Canyon Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Lodestar Energy Inc · Underground
Controlled by Iracoal Incorporated
Loma, Garfield County, CO  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 0503119

MSHA record for Munger Canyon Mine (mine ID 0503119). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1983–1991
Latest incident
Jun 1991
Ownership history
  1. Black Hawk Coal Company 1977 to 1979
  2. Sheridan Enterprises Inc 1980 to 1981
  3. Salt Creek Mining Company 1981 to 1992
  4. Grand Valley Coal Company 1992 to 1997
  5. Grand Valley Coal Company 1997 to 1999
  6. Lodestar Energy Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Munger Canyon Mine sits in Garfield County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Garfield County, Colorado · Population 62,034
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$86,172
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

1991 · 1 incident

June 24, 1991 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Salt Creek Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON WEEKLY MINE EXAMINATION NO POWER IS IN THE MINE AND NO WORK IS BEING DONE MINE ON IDLE STATUS AND NO DISRUPTION OF VENTILATION OCCURRED. FALL AT SPAD 60-3XC'S FROM FACE IN #4 ENTRY. DIMENSIONS 8' HIGH, 18' WIDE; 26' LONG.

1987 · 1 incident

October 7, 1987 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Salt Creek Mining Company · Accident type, without injuries

FALL WAS FOUND 2N 10-7-87 BY EMPLOYEE AND AND ANOTHER CO-WORKER. THE FALL OCCURRED BETWEEN 10-2-87 AND 10-7-87. NO PRODUCTION AT MINE HAS OCCURRED SINCE JUNE 1978. MINE IS ACTION NON PRODUC TING. 3

1983 · 1 incident

May 25, 1983 CO · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Salt Creek Mining Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT LEFT THIRD FINGER IN THE LEE-NORSE ROOF BOLTER CANOPY.