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Pitch Mine: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Saguache County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502141

MSHA record for Pitch Mine (mine ID 0502141). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jan 1984
Ownership history
  1. Homestake Mining Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pitch Mine sits in Saguache County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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.
Saguache County, Colorado · Population 6,511
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$54,283
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1984 · 1 incident

January 16, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Homestake Mining Company · Struck by falling object

LUBER WAS CHECKING FUEL NEEDS AND RUNNING CONDITION OF A 4" WATER PUMP IN THE NORTH PITWHEN A SMALL SLIDE OCCURRED. A ROCK WAS DISLODGED AND STRUCK THE LUBER, SMASHING HIS LEG BETWEEN THE PUMP ANDTHE DISLODGED ROCK. THE LUBER WAS FACING AWAY FROM THE WALL WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THE EXTENT OF INJURY WAS AS FOLLOWS; SMASHED LIGAMENTS UNDER THE LEFT KNEE CAP. THE LEFT LEG IS IN A CAST AN

1983 · 3 incidents

August 31, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Homestake Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

INDIVIDUAL WAS CHECKING THE OIL ON FORKLIFT UNIT #552 AND AS HE WITHDREW HIS HAND HE HIT THE SHARP END OF A COTTER KEY RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO RT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING FOUR SUTURES

May 20, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Homestake Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REPLACING WATER PUMP ON #902 GENERATOR ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A RADIATOR HOSEWITH A TWISTING ACTION RESULTING IN RING FINGER AND LITTLE FINGER ON RT HAND CONTACTING A PC OF SHEET METAL RESULTI NG IN LACERATION OF AFOREMENTIONED FINGERS RT RING FINGER REQUIRED SIX (6) SUTURES

January 13, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Homestake Mining Company · Struck against stationary object

A MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEE WITH 3-3/4 YEARS EXPERIENCE PLACED A BOARD WHICH HAD A NAIL ON ONE END ON THE SHOP FLOOR TO STACK STEEL ON. THE TOP OF THE NAIL PROTRUDED 1-1/2 INCH ABOVE THE BOARD. TH E EMPLOYEE KICKED THE NAIL WITH HIS FOOT TO BEND IT OVER. THE NAIL WENT THROUGH HIS BOOT INTO HIS FOOT. THE NAIL DID NOT BEN. EMPLOYEE THEN KICKED NAIL WITH THE OTHER FOOT AND THE NAIL AGAIN W