Mining Incidents

Pacific Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Adams County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503785

MSHA record for Pacific Pit (mine ID 0503785). 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
1983
Latest incident
Oct 1983
Ownership history
  1. Siegrist Construction Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pacific Pit sits in Adams County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Adams County, Colorado · Population 524,408
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$91,387
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

1983 · 1 incident

October 17, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Siegrist Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING OUT A ROCK FROM BELT OF CRUSHER AND HIT THUMB.RT.