Mining Incidents

Sheep Draw Quarry: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Pete Lien & Sons Inc
Larimer County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503167

MSHA record for Sheep Draw Quarry (mine ID 0503167). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
Ownership history
  1. Colorado Lien Company 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sheep Draw Quarry sits in Larimer 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.
Larimer County, Colorado · Population 363,561
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$91,364
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1987 · 1 incident

August 27, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider OTHER
Colorado Lien Company · Struck by flying object

IT IS ALLEGED T2AT EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING OVER SPILL FROM CRUSHER DUST BLEW IN HIS EYES CAUSING HIS CORNEA TO BE SCRATCHED

1984 · 3 incidents

December 15, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colorado Lien Company · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TRAILER WITH RUBBER TIRED FRONT END LOADER. WHEN HE WAS DONE, IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUT OF THE LOADER AND CLOSING THE CAB DOOR HE SLIPPED OFF DECK AND FELL TO THE GROUND SPRANNING HIS NECK.

September 13, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colorado Lien Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS LIFTING A SCREEN DECK INTO LOADER BUCKET & HE BECAME OFF BALANCE & TWISTED HIS BODY WHICH CAUSED STRAIN ON HIS LEGS & LOWER BACK.

August 8, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Colorado Lien Company · Struck by flying object

A GUST OF WIND BLEW SAND OR DIRT INTO LEFT EYE.

1983 · 1 incident

February 12, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Colorado Lien Company · Fall from machine

THE EE ALLEDGES THE LOADER WAS PARKED BACKED UP A HILL BOTTOM STEP WAS APPROX WAIST HIGH. UPON TRYING TO REACH STEP FOOT SLIPPED OFF JERKING BACK PAIN WAS IMMEDIATE.