Mining Incidents

Raton Creek Mine No 2 Coal

Trinidad, Las Animas County, CO  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 0503817

MSHA record for Raton Creek Mine No 2 (mine ID 0503817). 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
1983–1984
Latest incident
May 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 1 incident

May 10, 1984 CO · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sundance Coal Company · Struck by falling object

THE MINING CREW HAD SCALED DOWN A SLIPPED AREA THE INJURED LOOKED UP INTO THE FAULTY AREA, A PIECE OF ROCK WEIGHING APPROX 400 LBS FELL OUT CAUSING SEVERE INJURY TO THE LEFT HAND. THE FALLING AREA MEASURED 3\ X 7\ X 2\ IN DEPTH THE AREA WAS SANDSTONE & BOLTED WITH 4\ RESIN BOLTS

1983 · 1 incident

April 15, 1983 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sundance Coal Company · Accident type, without injuries

ROOF FELL IN EAST MAIN APPROX 60FT FROM INTERSECTION AT 2ND RIGHT FALL WAS 8FTX20FTX35FT NO PERSMNS INVOLVED NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED

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