While walking to another area to weed eat around tank house they slipped on loose dirt & spread eagled legs on either side of the berm causing them to fall forward and hit their face shield & hard hat on the ground causing their neck to pop backwards as well as their groin to hit the rocks/gravel on the berm. It was hot and dry conditions that day.
FRIDAY MINEMetal/Nonmetal
Elk Range Minerals, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Elk Range Mining Pty Ltd
Oro Grande, Idaho County, ID · NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1002265
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2019–2025
- Latest incident
- Jul 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2025 · 1 incident
Fall to the walkway or working surface
2022 · 1 incident
Struck against stationary object
EE & co-worker were fixing a fence, co-worker was holding the star picket post with foot & EE was hitting the post with a 20lb hammer. EE misjudged where the post was and skimmed right hand against the top of the post. The sharpness of the metal post & the momentum of EE's swing compounded the severity of the wound.
2019 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
While cutting board with skilsaw the saw kicked back and made contact with the employee's left thumb causing a laceration. Employee was transported to hospital and laceration was treated with sutures and employee was released to normal duty.