Mining Incidents

Trinidad Basin Mine: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Mills Vance
Delagua, Las Animas County, CO  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 0503065

MSHA record for Trinidad Basin Mine (mine ID 0503065). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
Ownership history
  1. Delagua Coal Company Inc 1977 to 1980
  2. Trinidad Basin Mining Inc 1980 to present
  3. Trinidad Basin Mining Inc 1982 to 1983
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Trinidad Basin Mine sits in Las Animas County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.5% 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.
Las Animas County, Colorado · Population 14,392
2.5%
Mining share of county employment
$50,408
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 2 incidents

June 7, 1984 CO · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Trinidad Basin Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS GETTING INTO R35 END DUMP WHEN TEH WIND BLEW THE DOOR SHUT ON HIS HAND A LACERATION WAS INFLICTED ON HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER

April 18, 1984 CO · Coal FIRE
Trinidad Basin Mining Inc · Accident type, without injuries

THE LOADER BURST INTO FLAMES AT THE FRONT END OF THE ENGINE. AS CLOSE AS WE CAN TELL A HYD. HOSE BROKE AND IGNITED ON THE TURBO CHARGER. AT THIS TIME IN MY OPINION IT IS A 100, LOSS NO INJURI IS