Mining Incidents

McLaughlin Site/OtherMetal/Nonmetal

Rock Solid Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Bridger Bischoff
Paradise, Sanders County, MT · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402229
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2011
Latest incident
Jun 2011
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2011 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

Miner dropped rock on left foot, initial exam was uncertain -- reexamination on 6-9-11 verified a hairline fracture of metatarsal on outside left behind small toe.

2004 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Physical labor, damage or impairment still unknown.

2002 · 3 incidents

Struck by falling object

EE WAS STACKING ROCK ONTO THE ROCK BOX; HE HAD PLACED A RANDOM PIECE OF ROCK AT THE BACK OF THE BOX. WHEN HE TOSSED THE NEXT ROCK INTO THE BOX, THE BACK PIECE FELL AND SEVERELY SMASHED HIS THU MB. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS REFERRED TO A BONE AND JOINT SPECIALIST.

Struck by rolling or sliding object

A ROCK CAME DOWN THE ROCK SLIDE AND HIT EE IN THE LT. KNEE, LEAVING A DEEP LACERATION, OTHER EE WITNESSED THIS INCIDENT AND DROVE INJURED EE TO THE E.R. AT HOSPITAL WHERE THEY SUTURED KNEE.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SMASHED LEFT LITTLE DISTAL FINGER WHILE STACKINGROCKS INTO THE PALLETS. SPLIT OPEN END OF FINGERNEEDED STITCHES.

2001 · 1 incident

Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS COMING DOWN OFF THE MOUNTAIN. HE STEPPED FROM ONE ROCK TO ANOTHER THAT HAD MOSS ON IT. HE SLIPPED, FALLING DOWN ONTO HIS KNEES AND ELBOWS. RT. KNEE APPARENTLY HIT FIRST.