Mining Incidents

RIO BLANCA COUNTY CRUSHER: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rio Blanco County-Co
Rio Blanco County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503109

MSHA record for RIO BLANCA COUNTY CRUSHER (mine ID 0503109). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Jun 1998
Ownership history
  1. Rio Blanco County Road & Bridge Department 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

RIO BLANCA COUNTY CRUSHER sits in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 9.1% 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.
Rio Blanco County, Colorado · Population 6,518
9.1%
Mining share of county employment
$72,620
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 213 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,127 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,038 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident

June 12, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal refuse truck driver, backfill truck driver, stock pile truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Rio Blanco County Road & Bridge Department · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS RUNNING A LOADER. HE PULLED OVER TO LET ANOTHER LOADER PASS. HIS WHEEL HIT A RUT CAUSING A JERKING MOTION. HE WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT BUT HIS UPPER BODY JERKED. INJURY WAS NOT KNOWN I MMEDIATELY BUT PAIN & MOBILITY HAS WORSENED SINCE IT HAPPENED.