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Beaverhead Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Imerys S A
Madison County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2400161

MSHA record for Beaverhead Mine (mine ID 2400161). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Oct 1984
Ownership history
  1. Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company 1950 to 1980
  2. Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company 1980 to 1994
  3. Luzenac America, Inc. 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Beaverhead Mine sits in Madison County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Madison County, Montana · Population 8,975
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$67,420
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 1 incident

October 3, 1984 MT · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AFTER DRILLING A HOLE, I,NAME WAS UNTHREADING THE DRILL ROD WITH A BREAKOUT WRENCH AND PLACED HIS HAND ON THE SLING CABLE TO PULL THE CABLE OUT, AS IT UNWOUND. AT THIS POINT I,NAME WOUND THECA BLE UP PINCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE BREAKOUT WRENCH CABLE AND THE ROLLER SHAFT, CUTTING THE TIP OFF HIS FINGER.

1983 · 1 incident