Mining Incidents

Taylor Gulch West: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Calco Inc · Underground
Controlled by Tusco Inc
Fremont County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504472

MSHA record for Taylor Gulch West (mine ID 0504472). 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
1992
Latest incident
Dec 1992
Ownership history
  1. Calco Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Taylor Gulch West sits in Fremont 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.
Fremont County, Colorado · Population 49,394
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$61,027
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

1992 · 1 incident

December 1, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Calco Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS HAULING A LOAD OF ROCK TO PLANT FROM OUR MINE WHICH IS LOCATED ON CR 41A HE CLAIMS THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK & HE HAD TO LAY THE TRUCK OVER & WRECK IT TO STOP IT ON A STEEP INCLINE HIS HEAD WAS INJURED IN THE WRECK