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Wolfe Pit: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

El Paso County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504173

Wolfe Pit has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987–1991
Latest incident
Mar 1991
Ownership history
  1. Castle Concrete Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1992 0
1991 3
1990 12
1989 11
1988 14
1987 18
1986 17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Wolfe Pit sits in El Paso County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
El Paso County, Colorado · Population 736,008
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$87,470
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1991 · 1 incident

March 29, 1991 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Castle Concrete Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE WIPER FROM A TAIL PULLEY. HE WAS REACHING AROUND THE TAIL PULLEY WITH HIS LEFT ARM AND HIS RIGHT ARM, USING THE RACHET TO REMOVE THE NUT FROM THE BOLT. HE DISLOCATE D HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

1987 · 2 incidents

July 15, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Castle Concrete Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ARING BLOCKAGE FROM SCREEN DECKS WITH HAMMER ROCK AND MUD FELL FROM SCREEN INTO FACE

April 14, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Castle Concrete Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLLEG9S HE SUFFERED A BACK STRAIN DUE TO OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER OVER ROUGH TERRAIN IN THE PIT AND /OR CHANGING SCREENS ON THE SCREENING PLANT