Mining Incidents

ANTLER MINE Metal/Non-Metal

A M Welles Inc · Surface
Controlled by Alfred Hokanson
Madison County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401425

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1983–1999
Latest incident
Mar 1999
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1999 · 1 incident

March 29, 1999 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A M Welles Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS BENT OVER PUTTING A LOCK ON THE AUGER ON THE ANFO TANK. WHEN HE STOOD UP HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE FENDER ON THE TANK. HE HAD SWELLING AND BRUISES ON HIS NECK.

1998 · 1 incident

January 29, 1998 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A M Welles Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GREASING THE SCREEN, WHEN HE GOT DOWN FROM THE SCREEN HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE. IT WAS CAUSING HIM PAIN SO THE FOREMAN TOOK HIM TO THE DR. THE DR. X-RAYED HIS ANKLE AND FOUND A SMALL PIECE OF BONE. THE DR. THOUGHT THE BONE HAD BEEN STUCKIN A TENDON FROM AN OLD INJURY AND HAD COME LOOSE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

1997 · 2 incidents

April 24, 1997 MT · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
A M Welles Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HOLDING A BOLT WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE THE NUT WITH AN AIR WRENCH. THE BOLT TURNED AND CUT HIS FINGER.

January 16, 1997 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A M Welles Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SORTING CHLORITE AT THE ANTLER MINE. HE WAS PULLING A ROCK OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT INTO THE WASTE BIN. ANOTHER EE PULLED A ROCK OFF AT THE SAME TIME. THE ROCK HIT HIS FINGER AND BRUISED I T.

1991 · 2 incidents

October 9, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE SEPARATING CHLORITE BOULDERS AT THE STOCKPILE AREA. WHILE SETTING DOWN A LARGE PIECE OF CHLORITE INTO A LARGE SACK ON TOP OF OTHER CHLORITE PIECES, ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES SMA SHED THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND. THE EMPLOYEE'S INJURY RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO THE BONE AND AN OPEN WOUND, THAT REQUIRED FIVE STITCHES.

March 18, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE WHEN HE WAS DRIVING INTO THE PIT AREA. EMPLOYEE WAS UNSURE WHAT CAUSED THE IRRITATION OR HOW IT GOT THERE.

1989 · 1 incident

April 14, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HIS WRIST WAS HURTING SO HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR. THE DOCTOR FELT THE PAIN WAS CAUSED FROM CONSTANT MOVEMENT OF THE WRIST WHILE PICKING ORE. (HE WAS NOTIFIED ON 4-14-89 THAT HE HAD GONE TO THE D R.)

1988 · 2 incidents

February 17, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DRIVING PIN OUT OF TOOTH OF LOADER BUCKET. A PIECE OF METAL HIT HIS JAW AND CUT IT. A TINY PIECE OF METAL SHOWED ON X RAY BUT DR. WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE IT.

1983 · 1 incident

February 24, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Antler Mining Company · Fall onto or against objects

WAS WALKING ON EUEVEN GROUND-TRIPPED & FELL ON LARGE BOULDER PROTRUDING FROM GROUND.