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Refractories: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by A P Green Industries Inc
Pueblo County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0502583

MSHA record for Refractories (mine ID 0502583). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Jul 1988
Ownership history
  1. General Refractories Company 1950 to 1995
  2. A P Green Refractories Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Refractories sits in Pueblo County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Pueblo County, Colorado · Population 168,726
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,250
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1988 · 1 incident

July 3, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal fireman - locomotive, railroad clam operator, timekeeper, yard engine operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
General Refractories Company · Fall onto or against objects

I,NAME GOT SKIP EAST KILN STUCK ON TOP PUT COME-ALONG ON BAR ANDPUT TENSION ON IT, WHEN CAR DIDN'T MOVE PUT HEAD IN DOOR PART WAY TO LOOK CAR SLIPPED PUSHING HEAD INTO DOOR FRAME CUTTING LIPS AND BACK OF HEAD & BRUISING LEFT TEMPLE BL ACK EYE.

1985 · 1 incident

August 20, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator MACHINERY
General Refractories Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME CUTTING TABLE IN HALF WHEN HE CUT THROUGH IT FELL TOGETHER PINCHING AND CUTTING RIGHT HAND LITTLE FINGER REQ 5 STITCHES.

1984 · 1 incident

April 25, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
General Refractories Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE I.NAME WAS GETTING READY TO TIGHTEN LOOSE BOLTS ON ELECT MOTOR ON TOP OF DUST COLLECTOR. HE WAS STANDING PARELLEL TO BELTS & SLEEVE. IT HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN BUT WAS STILL FREE TURNING HE L AID HIS RIGHT HAND ON BELT PULLING IT BETWEEN SLEEVE & BELT AMPUTATING END OF RING FINGER BREAKING CENTER FINGER 2 TIMES AND BRUISING INDEX FINGER

1983 · 1 incident

March 8, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal fireman - locomotive, railroad clam operator, timekeeper, yard engine operator MACHINERY
General Refractories Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MC CLEARY WAS USING ROTARY DRILL TO DRILL 3/4" HOLE 4" DEEP IN EAST SIDE OF CLAY STORAGE BEN TO PUT UP HOOKS FOR SKIP CAR DUST POOR, MR. MC CLEARY WAS IN ABOUT 3 1/2" INCHES DRILL CAUGHT ON S OMETHING FLIPPING CAUSING DRILL TO HIT RIGHT HAND BREAKING BONE BEHIND RING FINGER.