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Sultan Mountain Mine: 9 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Sultan Mountain Mine (mine ID 0503740). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 9
- Years on record
- 1983–1986
- Latest incident
- Jun 1986
- Sultan Mountain Mine 1981 to 1988
- Sultan Mountain Mine 1988 to present
Sultan Mountain Mine sits in San Juan County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
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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.Reportable incidents
9 on file1986 · 5 incidents
TIMBERING RAISE1ROCK FELL FROM BACK OR RIB STRUCK THE TIMBER & BOUNCED OVER STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT SCAPULA.
HE WAS POSITION9D ON LADDER BLOCKING TIMBER PLACING LAST BLOCK WHEN THE GROUND GAVE WAY FROM THE BACK. HE PUT HIS RIGHT HAND UP TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM THE FALLING GROUND AND RECEIVED LACERATI ON ON BACK OF R3GHT HAND.
ROCKBOLTING - R2CKS FELL FROM BACK - ONE ROCK KNOCKED HIS HARD HAT OFF, ANOTHER STRUCK THE TOP OF HIS HEAD
EMPL HANGING 6'2 AIR LINE IN BELCHER DRIFT.LIFTED AIR LINE AND RESTED IT ON SHOULDER FELT TUG IN LOWER BACK.
1985 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS DI1GING A HOLE FOR A TIE & A ROCK APPARENTLY FELL FROM THE BACK & STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK
UNLOADING 3X12X16 FROM FLATBED HE WAS RECEIVING TIMBER ONT HE OTHER SIDE OF LUMBER PILE AND AS HE GRABBED THE END OF THE TIMBER, IT FELL AND JERKED HIM IN A DOWNWARD MOTION STRAINING HIS LOWER RIGHT ADBOMAN.3
EMP WAS UNLAODING JACKLEG FROM ORECAR THE JACKLEG FOLDED AND CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN MACHINE AND LEG THIS RESULTED IN COMPOUND FRACTURE WITHA TOTAL OF 5 FRACTURES
1983 · 1 incident
MINER WAS OPERATING HAND HELD JACKLEG DRILL WHEN DRILL STEEL SHANDED (BROKE). MACHINE FELL FORWARD AND LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND STRUCK SHARP END OF BROKEN DRILL STEEL.