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AMES-FLAMBEAU MINE: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Raymond Ames
Rusk County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702972

MSHA record for AMES-FLAMBEAU MINE (mine ID 4702972). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1993–1997
Latest incident
May 1997
Ownership history
  1. Ames Construction Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

AMES-FLAMBEAU MINE sits in Rusk County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Rusk County, Wisconsin · Population 14,146
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,322
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1997 · 2 incidents

May 19, 1997 WI · Metal/Non-Metal brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman POWERED HAULAGE
Ames Construction Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS POSITIONED TOO CLOSELY TO THE 773 HAUL TRUCKS HE WAS SPOTTING FOR IN THE FILL DUMP AREA. A ROCK FELL OFF THE LOADED MATERIAL IN A HAUL TRUCK WHEN THIS MATERIAL SHIFTED ONCE THE HAUL TRU CK DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE ROCK HIT THE INJURED EE ON THE HEAD AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

March 10, 1997 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ames Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING A USED CONVEYOR BELT FOR SKIRTINGMATERIAL WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. WHEN THE UTILITY KNIFE GOT STUCK IN THE BELT, EE PULLED HARD ON THE KNIFE FREEING IT FORM THE BELT AND PUNCTURING HIS RIGHT LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE. EE WAS KNEELING ON THE BELT DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH THE CUT.

1995 · 1 incident

December 18, 1995 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Ames Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

COMPRESSED HIS FINGER BETWEEN DRILL STEEL & STEEL GUIDE.

1994 · 2 incidents

August 11, 1994 WI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Ames Construction Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WENT TO DR WITH SORE NECK AFTER DRIVING A773 HAUL TRUCK FOR 1 YEAR AND 16 WEEKS AT THE FLAMBEAU MINE HIS ONLY JOB WAS DRIVING TRUCK.

March 1, 1994 WI · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ames Construction Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HIGH TEMP. THE DAY BEFORE WAS IN THE 40'S, DROPPING TO AROUND 20 AT NIGHT. CAUSED ICY SURFACE ON PARKING LOT. EMPLOYEE WAS REPORTING FOR WORK AND ALLEGEDLY SLIPPED ON THE ICE.

1993 · 1 incident

July 6, 1993 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ames Construction Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE JOB INCLUDES THE LIFTING OF SAMPLES WEIGHING 40-60-LBS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS JOB ON 07-06-93 EE EXPERIENCED A POPPING SENSATION FROM THE GROIN AREA EE WAS TAKEN TO SEE A DOC & PLACED ON A LIFTING LIMITATION OF 10LBS FOR A PERIOD OF ONE WEEK SAMPLE WAS REDESIGNED TO THE BEST POSSIBLE ERGONOMIC DESIGN & REDUCED TO 15-30LBS IN WEIGHT