Mining Incidents

Unaweep Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

L G Everist Inc · Surface
Mesa County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504190

MSHA record for Unaweep Quarry (mine ID 0504190). 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
1987
Latest incident
Feb 1987
Ownership history
  1. L G Everist Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Unaweep Quarry sits in Mesa County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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.
Mesa County, Colorado · Population 157,316
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$71,485
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

1987 · 1 incident

February 13, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L G Everist Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS INSTALLI3G CORNER BITS ON A D-8L DOZER & HE ALLEGES THAT HIS BACK WAS HURT WHILE LIFTING THE PIN BIT S