Mining Incidents

Beaverhead Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Imerys S A
Madison County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2400161

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Oct 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 1 incident

October 3, 1984 MT · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AFTER DRILLING A HOLE, I,NAME WAS UNTHREADING THE DRILL ROD WITH A BREAKOUT WRENCH AND PLACED HIS HAND ON THE SLING CABLE TO PULL THE CABLE OUT, AS IT UNWOUND. AT THIS POINT I,NAME WOUND THECA BLE UP PINCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE BREAKOUT WRENCH CABLE AND THE ROLLER SHAFT, CUTTING THE TIP OFF HIS FINGER.

1983 · 1 incident