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Nil: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

B-Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by Moore Michael
Montrose County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0501658

MSHA record for Nil (mine ID 0501658). 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
1987–1990
Latest incident
Dec 1990
Ownership history
  1. Umetco Minerals Corp 1950 to 1987
  2. B-Mining Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Nil sits in Montrose County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Montrose County, Colorado · Population 43,272
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,072
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

1990 · 1 incident

December 10, 1990 CO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B-Mining Company · Fall from machine

EMPL DROVE 4X4 DAVID BROWN TRACTOR & TRAILER HAUL UNIT ONTO TRAILER HE GOT OFF TRACTOR AFTER SHUTTING IT OFF & SETTING BRAKE. HE THEN THOUGHT HE HAD HOLD OF TRACTOR BUT DIDN'T HE FELL OFF TRAI LER ON BACK. TRAILER IS 30" HIGH.

1989 · 1 incident

January 17, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
B-Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ROOF BOLTING IN STOPE. A ROCK FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SHOULDER AND HEAD. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO CLINIC.

1987 · 1 incident

July 29, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
B-Mining Company · Struck by falling object

I.NAME AND I.NA4E HAD JUST RETURNED TO THE 3000 HAULAGE AREA OF THE NIL MINE AFTER BLASTING AND WAITING FOR THE AIR TO CLEAR OUT THE BLAST HAD PARTIALLY FILLED UP THE ROADWAY SO I.NAME WAS USING THE LOAD9R TO CLEAR OUT THE MUCK SO THEY COULD START HAULING TO THE SURFACE I.NAME DROVE A TRACTOR AND TRAILER UNIT PAST I.NAME PARTING IT ON N SIDE OF THE HAULAGEWAY WHEN I.NAME GOT OF