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Rex Carbon: 6 reportable incidents Coal

Corley Company · Underground
Controlled by Corley W D Jr
Florence, Fremont County, CO  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 0503889

MSHA record for Rex Carbon (mine ID 0503889). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1985–1988
Latest incident
Jun 1988
Ownership history
  1. Newlin Creek Mine Ltd 1983 to 1988
  2. Corley Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rex Carbon sits in Fremont County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Fremont County, Colorado · Population 49,394
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$61,027
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1988 · 1 incident

June 10, 1988 CO · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Corley Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS LOOSENING BOLTS ON INTAKE MULTIPLATE STRUCTURE ONE PART OF THE STRUCTURE COLLAPSED CAUSING I.NAME TO FALL & HIT REMAINING STRUCTURE WITH HIS LEFT SIDE HE FELL A TOTAL OF 9FT.TO THE GROUND GLANCING OFF THE STRUCTURE AT 4FT.SIX RIBS WERE BROKEN ON THE LEFT SIDE

1987 · 1 incident

May 1, 1987 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Newlin Creek Mine Ltd · Accident type, without injuries

SETTLEMENT OF F2OTING OF LINER PLATE FUNNEL CAUSED COLLAPSE OF LINER PLATE CAVE STARTS 210 INBY INTAKE PORTAL EXTENDING 80 PRIMARY SUPPORT MULTIPLATE TUNNEL LINER.

1986 · 2 incidents

November 13, 1986 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Newlin Creek Mine Ltd · Accident type, without injuries

POWER SERVICE W5S LOST AT MINE, DUE TO EXCESSIVELY HEAVY SNOWFALL. 2 POWER POLES ON THE SOUTHERN COLORADO POWER CO SERVICE LINE WERE SNAPPED OFF. POWER WAS NOT RESTORED UNTIL LATE MON. 11/10/8 6 AT WHICH TIME3THE FAN WAS RES TARTED. AFTER FAN HAD BEEN RESTARTED AND OPERATING FOR APPROX 60 CONINUOUS HOURS, THE MINE WAS INSPECTED AND 2 FALLS OF ROOF WERE LOCATED AND RECORDED. THE FA

February 20, 1986 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Newlin Creek Mine Ltd · Accident type, without injuries

DURING A PILLAR3NG OPERATION IN #7 WEST ON UNDER GROUND POWER FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED THE OPERTOR OF THE CONT MINER WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE MINER OUT OF THE AREA AND BACK BEHIND THE PILLAR LINE BEFORE POWER C2ULD BE RESTORED THE AREA STARTED WORKING THE OPERATOR LEFT THE MINER AND ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER THE TOP FELL ON THE 265 CONT MINER TRAPPING IT

1985 · 2 incidents

December 16, 1985 CO · Coal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Newlin Creek Mine Ltd · Accident type, without injuries

THE FAL 3 L OCCURRED DURING THE WEEKEND OF 12-14-85 AND WHILE THE MINE WAS IDLE.NO BODY WAS ON SITE DURING THE WEEKEND.THE FALL WAS DISCOVERED ON FORMANS PRESHIFT MONDAY3MORNING 12-16-85AT 7:50A.M. FALLWAS APPROX.5'HIGH 14' WIDE X WIDE 95' LONG.