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Blue Lead Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Nevada County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0403859

MSHA record for Blue Lead Mine (mine ID 0403859). 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
1989
Latest incident
May 1989
Ownership history
  1. Jasper Construction Company Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Blue Lead Mine sits in Nevada County, California, 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.
Nevada County, California · Population 102,452
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$84,905
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

1989 · 2 incidents

May 8, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Jasper Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

TWO MEN WERE BEING TRANSPORTED IN BUCKET OF 912 EIMCO FROM SHOP TO PORTAL MACHINE WAS ON ROADWAY 8%GRADE WENT OUT OF CONTROL FOR APPROX 100FT COMING TO A STOP AFTER HANGING ITSELF ON A DRAGLIN E CABLE & THE BERM BANK OF THE TAILS POND

May 8, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Jasper Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

TWO MEN WERE BEING TRANSPORTED IN BUCKET OF 912 EIMCO FROM SHOP TO PORTAL MACHINE WAS ON ROADWAY 8% GRADE WENT OUT OF CONTROL FOR APPROX 100FT COMING TO A STOP AFTER HANGING ITSSELF ON A DRAGL INE CABLE & THE BERM BANK OF THE TAILINGS POND