Mining Incidents

Printer Boy Mine: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Starlite Associates Inc · Underground
Controlled by Jacobs Edward
Lake County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503827

MSHA record for Printer Boy Mine (mine ID 0503827). 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
1983–1987
Latest incident
Feb 1987
Ownership history
  1. Bradbury Independant Mining Company Inc 1982 to 1987
  2. Starlite Associates Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Printer Boy Mine sits in Lake County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 3.4% 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.
Lake County, Colorado · Population 7,411
3.4%
Mining share of county employment
$93,655
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

1987 · 3 incidents

February 3, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Starlite Associates Inc · Struck by falling object

I ARRIVED ON T2E SEEN. I ASSISTED WITH FIRST AID TREATMENT OF THE MEN. THEN ASSISTED WITH THE EVACUTION WITH AN EMT WHO ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AS PART THE AMBULANCE RESPONCE. HE WAS INJURED ON THE HEAD BY 5 FALLING ROCK DUE TO LACK OF A HARD HAT.

February 3, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Starlite Associates Inc · Struck by falling object

TWO MINERS, WER9 ROCK BOLTING THE RAISE AFTER COMPLETING SCALING DOWN AND GROUND INSPECTION ACTIVITIES. DURING THE ROCK BOLTING A FALL OF GROUND FROM THE FACE OF THE RAISE INJURED THE TWO MIN INERS. 3

February 3, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Starlite Associates Inc · Struck by falling object

TWO MINERS, WER9 ROCK BOLTING THE RAISE AFTER COMPLETING SCALING DOWN AND GROUND INSPECTION ACTIVITIES. DURING THE ROCK BOLTING A FALL OCCURREDFROM THE FACE OF THE RAISE. INJURED THE TWO MI NERS. 3

1983 · 2 incidents