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St Joe Placer Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ballard Al
Lewis And Clark County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401819

St Joe Placer Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987
Ownership history
  1. Special Lady Mining Corp 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1988 1
1987 11
1986 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

St Joe Placer Mine sits in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Lewis and Clark County, Montana · Population 72,580
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,543
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

July 31, 1987 MT · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Special Lady Mining Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE TRIPPE8 ON A WOODEN STAKE THAT WAS EXPOSED WHEN A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WAS REMOVED DURING DEMOLITION WORK. EMPLOYEE FELL AGAINST 2 VEHICLE, INJURING HIS ARM, AND TWISTED HIS LEG, INJURY ING HIS LEG AS 4ELL.