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Silver Wing: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Moly 1 Corp · Underground
Summit County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504317

MSHA record for Silver Wing (mine ID 0504317). 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
1988
Latest incident
May 1988
Ownership history
  1. Moly 1 Corp 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Silver Wing sits in Summit County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Summit County, Colorado · Population 30,857
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$106,255
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1988 · 1 incident

May 18, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Moly 1 Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE MINE FOREMAN WAS INJURED WHEN SAFETY SWITCH HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENERGIZE BLEW UP.I FEEL THAT A WIRE PLACED ON LOSE CAME LOOSE CAUSING A SHORT IN THE SWITCH BOX INJURY TO (NAME) WAS 2ND AN N 3RD DEGREE BURNS FROM WRIST TO ELOW OF RIGHT ARM.