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Valmont Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Flatiron Paving Company
Boulder County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503251

MSHA record for Valmont Pit (mine ID 0503251). 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
1984
Latest incident
May 1984
Ownership history
  1. Flatiron Sand & Gravel Company 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Valmont Pit sits in Boulder County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Boulder County, Colorado · Population 328,317
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$102,772
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

1984 · 1 incident

May 25, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Flatiron Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING SPREADER BAR FROM BOOM HE HAD DISCONNECTED CLEVIS AND WAS STARTING TO CLIMB OFF CONVEYOR AS LOADER BACKED UP ONE SET OF CABLES WAS STILL ATTACHED BOOM PULLED SAM OVER