Pit No 17 Metal/Non-Metal
Western Paving Construction Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Koppers Company Inc
Jefferson County,
CO
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503539
MSHA record for Pit No 17 (mine ID 0503539). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Brannan Sand & Gravel Company 1980 to 1984
- Western Paving Construction Company 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Pit No 17 sits in Jefferson County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Jefferson County, Colorado · Population 579,715
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$107,800
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.