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Auropa Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Kola Mining Corp · Surface
Controlled by Maier Franz L
Josephine County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503052

Auropa Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
May 1990
Ownership history
  1. Rich Gallagher 1981 to 1982
  2. Mine Management Partnership 1982 to 1990
  3. Kola Mining Corp 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1990 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Auropa Mine sits in Josephine County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Josephine County, Oregon · Population 88,069
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$59,097
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

1990 · 1 incident

May 4, 1990 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kola Mining Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WASHING PROCESS HAD TO BE STOPPED FOR A SHORT TIME. I.NAME AND E.NAME WERE ORDERED TO CLEAN GRIZZLY. I.NAME WAS BUSTING STUCK ROCK OUT OF THE GRIZZLY WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. ONE OF THE ROCKS BOU NCED, PROBABLY ON AN UNSEEN ROCK BELOW, AND HIT I.NAME'S KNEE.