Mining Incidents

Pitkin Iron Corporation: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Pitkin Iron Corp · Facility
Garfield County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502725

MSHA record for Pitkin Iron Corporation (mine ID 0502725). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Aug 1985
Ownership history
  1. Pitkin Iron Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pitkin Iron Corporation 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

2 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

August 8, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pitkin Iron Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT LEFT HAND THUMB TO BONE USING POCKET KNIFE TO TRIM PLASTIC SHEETING.

February 8, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Pitkin Iron Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING TABLE IN PULVERIZER TO CHECK THE HAMMERS, WHEN A HAMMER CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN HAMMER AND DOOR.