Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher #1: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hecla Mining Company
Alamosa County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504395

MSHA record for Portable Crusher #1 (mine ID 0504395). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1991–1994
Latest incident
Feb 1994
Ownership history
  1. Colorado Aggregate Company Of New Mexico Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher #1 sits in Alamosa County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Alamosa County, Colorado · Population 16,515
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$51,445
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1994 · 1 incident

February 28, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Aggregate Company Of New Mexico Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HITTING THE PIN THAT HOLDS THE RIPPER SHANK ON. HE MISSED THE PIN & HIT HIS FINGER SPLITTING THE END OF THE INDEX FINGER. DAVE RECEIVED STITCHES ON HIS FINGER.

1993 · 2 incidents

November 12, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

THERE WAS VERY STRONG WINDS W/SNOW BLOWING. EMPLWAS GOING OUT THE DOOR WHEN THE WIND CAUGHT IT AS HE WAS STEPPING ON THE STAIRS & CAUSING HIM TO SLIP & FELL TO THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 4'.

August 27, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Aggregate Company Of New Mexico Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND THE CONVEY0R AND LEANED OVER TO FAR, STRIKING HIS JAW ON THE SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR AND IT BROKE HIS TOOTH.

1991 · 2 incidents

August 28, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colorado Aggregate Company Of New Mexico Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TAKING OFF BACK GUARD ON CHUTE, IT RECOILED AND THE EDGE OF THE ANGLE IRON STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH, BREAKING HIS TOOTH. HE HAD TO HAVE HIS TOOTH RE-CAPPED.

July 10, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY

WELDING WEAR PLATES ON DOZER BLADES ENTIRE DAY DURING MAINTENANCE DAY FOR CRUSHER. EYES BECAME VERY RED & STARTED WATERING LATER THAT SAME NIGHT.