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Bishop Mill: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

0877887 BC LTD · Facility
Controlled by CMC Metals Ltd
Inyo County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404626

MSHA record for Bishop Mill (mine ID 0404626). 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
1984–1986
Latest incident
Mar 1986
Ownership history
  1. Mammoth Lakes Mining Corp 1983 to 2015
  2. 0877887 BC LTD 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bishop Mill sits in Inyo County, California, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Inyo County, California · Population 18,803
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$72,432
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

1986 · 1 incident

March 20, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mammoth Lakes Mining Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

A LEAK OF ELECT9OLYTE FROM TANK ONTO FLOOR.THE ELECTROLYTE WAS SOAKING A PIECE OF PLYWOOD LEANING AGAINST THE WALL.I NAME ATTEMPTED TO PUT A PIECE OF SS STRAP UNDER THE PLYWOOD AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND3INTO THE ELECTROLYTE.THIS SPLASHED SOME ELECTROLYTE INTO HIS EYES.

1984 · 1 incident

January 10, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mammoth Lakes Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OIL LINE ON GYROTORY CRUSHER BROKE SPILLING OIL ON FLOOR AND CONVEYOR BELT FROM CRUSHER TO BUCKET ELEVATOR WHEN CLEANING OIL OFF OF CONVEYOR EMP STARTED CONVEYOR AND HAD HIS HAND CAUGHT IN DRI VE PULLEY OF CONVEYOR