Mining Incidents

Portable Wash Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ballode David
San Miguel County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504497

Portable Wash Plant has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1996.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1996
Latest incident
Apr 1996
Ownership history
  1. Telluride Gravel Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1997 0
1996 4
1995 4
1994 4
1993 2
1992 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Portable Wash Plant sits in San Miguel County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
San Miguel County, Colorado · Population 8,026
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$80,117
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1996 · 1 incident

April 3, 1996 CO · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Telluride Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE MISSED A STEP ON LOADER LADDER WHEN STEPPING TO THE GROUND AND TWISTED RIGHT KNEE.