Mining Incidents

Public Works Quarry #5: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jefferson County - Co
Jefferson County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504014

MSHA record for Public Works Quarry #5 (mine ID 0504014). 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
Apr 1986
Ownership history
  1. Board Of County Commissioners 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Public Works Quarry #5 sits in Jefferson County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Jefferson County, Colorado · Population 579,715
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$107,800
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

1986 · 1 incident

April 21, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Board Of County Commissioners · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING TIMBERS USED FOR SHORING INTO LOADER BUCKET. IN PROCESS OF LIFTING, SUFFERED SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK SUFFICIENT TO BE ATTENDED BY PHYSICIAN.

1985 · 1 incident