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Rifle Plant Or Rifle Mill: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Umetco Minerals Corp · Facility
Controlled by Union Carbide Corp
Garfield County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0501784

Rifle Plant Or Rifle Mill has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
Ownership history
  1. Umetco Minerals Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1986 4
1985 5
1984 24
1983 23
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Rifle Plant Or Rifle Mill sits in Garfield County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Garfield County, Colorado · Population 62,034
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$86,172
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

1984 · 2 incidents

June 11, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Umetco Minerals Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EXACT CONDITIONS UNKNOWN EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES THAT DURING THE AFTERNOON WHILE CARRYING BROADCAST SPREADER HE BEGAN FEELING A SHARP PAIN AND SORENESS IN LEFT ANKLE. HE KNOWS OF NO SPECIFIC TIME OR THING THAT HE DID TO CAUSE STRAIN AREA IS UNLEVEL AND SLOPING.

March 23, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Umetco Minerals Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS LYING UNDER TOP HALF OF FEEDER CHAIN ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE CHAIN ON GUIDE WHEN IT FELL HIT HIM ON THE SHOULDER. DUR TO LIMITED AREA MAXIMUM DISTANCE OF FALL COULD NOT HAVE EXCEEDE 18". IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED DR.