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Portland Open Pit Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Teller County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504263

MSHA record for Portland Open Pit Mine (mine ID 0504263). 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
1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Ownership history
  1. Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Portland Open Pit Mine sits in Teller County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Teller County, Colorado · Population 24,774
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$80,666
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

1988 · 2 incidents

August 28, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHEN STEPPING DOWN FROM LOADER.HE SAVED HIMSELF FROM FALLING BY GRASPING THE HANDRAIL ,BUT THE FORCE OF THE GRASP TORE THE CARTILAGE L LOOSE IN HIS SHOULDER.

May 6, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS PUTTING REGISTRATION DATA IN GLOVE COMPARTMENT OFONE PICK UP WHEN A SECOND TRUCK SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED FORWARD PINNING HM BETWEEN THE TWO TRUCKS. THE ENGINE ON NEITHER TRUCK W AS RNNING. THIS RESULTED IN AN ABRASION TO LEFT ARM ABOVE ELBOW AND CONTUSION OF RIGHT THIGH.