Mining Incidents

Unit #3 - PortableMetal/Nonmetal

Cottonwood, Idaho County, ID · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503259
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2011–2017
Latest incident
Apr 2017
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2017 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was helping remove a rock from the jaw crusher and strained back.

2016 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping to unclog a cone crusher when a drive belt slipped and cut the tops of the middle and ring fingers of left hand. The crusher unit was de-energized and locked out at the time of the accident. Tops of both fingers were later amputated.

2011 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was adjusting steel brace of a conveyor when part of the brace fell and smashed the individuals hand. The Employee was wearing gloves at the time of the accident, however he suffered some broken bones on his fingers.