Mining Incidents

Williams Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Camas Plc
Weld County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504477

MSHA record for Williams Pit (mine ID 0504477). 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
1992–1994
Latest incident
Aug 1994
Ownership history
  1. C & M Ready Mix Concrete Company Of Boulder 1991 to 1994
  2. C & M Aggregates Ltd 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Williams Pit sits in Weld County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Weld County, Colorado · Population 340,711
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$93,287
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

1994 · 1 incident

August 5, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
C & M Ready Mix Concrete Company Of Boulder · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LINING UP BOLTS ON A CONVEYOR BELT WIPER, A BOLT GOT STUCK AND EMPLOYEE TRIED TO HIT THE BOLT WITH A ROCK. THIS CAUSED THE WIPER TO BOUNCE AND PULL HIS LEFT HAND IN BETWEEN THE WIPER AND CONVEYOR BELT, SEVERELY CUTTING TWO FINGERS ANDTHUMB OF LEFT HAND.

1992 · 1 incident