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Vulcan: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Gunnison County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503873

MSHA record for Vulcan (mine ID 0503873). 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
Aug 1984
Ownership history
  1. Great West Gold & Silver Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Vulcan sits in Gunnison 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.
Gunnison County, Colorado · Population 17,158
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$77,358
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

August 6, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Great West Gold & Silver Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

ORE BEING FED TO PELLETIZER WAS MUDDY FOLLOWING HARD RAIN ON PRECEDING EVENING. EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE MUD BUILD-UP FROM TAIL PULLEY USING A SHORT METAL BAR. BAR ANBD HAND BECAME CU AUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY. (CONVEYOR WAS RUNNING). HAND AND FOREARM WERE PULLED BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY.