Plains Aggregate Company · Struck by flying object
EMPLOYEE REACHE8 UP TO GRAB A PIECE OF RUBBER OFF FEED BELT, WHEN HE DID SO, A ROCK FLEW OUT AND STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND, BREAKING HIS MIDDLE FINGER.
Portable Plant 5: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Portable Plant 5 (mine ID 0504060). 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
- 1985–1986
- Latest incident
- Aug 1986
Ownership history
- Plains Aggregate Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Portable Plant 5 sits in Larimer County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.Larimer County, Colorado · Population 363,561
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$91,364
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1986 · 1 incident
1985 · 1 incident
December 5, 1985
CO · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Plains Aggregate Company · Struck by falling object
I NAME WAS INST9UCTED HOW TO FOLD STACKER PROPERLY BY 2 NAME (SUPER) THEN TURNED AROUND AND ID IT JUST BACKWARDS OF WHAT 2 NAME TOLD HIM HE WAS ALSO TOLD TO GET HELP FROM 2 OTHER EMPLOYYES BUT DID IT BY H3MSELF I NAME CRAWLED UNDER STACKER AND DROVE PIN OUT OF LOWER END WHEN STACKER WAS ON HYDRALICS HYDRALICS DID NOT HOLD STACKER AND IT CAME DOWN ON TOP OF HIM HE SHOULD HAVE