Mining Incidents

Brighton PlantMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
BRIGHTON, Adams County, CO · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504258
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2007–2010
Latest incident
Jun 2010
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2010 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While EE was installing screens in the middle deck of the 6x20 he struck his little finger with a 4lb sledge. Causing a laceration and fracture. EE's aim was deflected when he struck the deck at the beginning of his swing.

2009 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking across the 8x20 top deck screen and stepped on a soft spot on the screen media with the outisde of his right foot, while the inside of his foot was on a ridgid support beam, causing his foot to roll to the outside and causing an ankle sprain.

2007 · 2 incidents

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While doing a slump test the employee was packing down mud with a tamping device & caught his finger between the cone and the tamper. It caused a small open wound on one finger, and partial removal of a fingernail. The tamper was hand-held and the employee misjudged the distance between his finger and the item he held in his other hand.

Accident type, without injuries

At approximately 7:10 AM two employees determined an inundation occurred & one of them immediately called MSHA. Inundation consisted of South Platte River spilling into pond. No equipment or personnel affected.