Mining Incidents

Bristol Silica Mine: 8 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Jackson County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3500010

MSHA record for Bristol Silica Mine (mine ID 3500010). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1984–1995
Latest incident
Apr 1995
Ownership history
  1. Bristol Silica & Limestone Company 1950 to 1983
  2. Pacific Summa Env Corp-Bristol Silica Mining Div 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Bristol Silica Mine sits in Jackson 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.
Jackson County, Oregon · Population 222,563
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,443
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1995 · 2 incidents

April 13, 1995 OR · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent OTHER
Pacific Summa Env Corp-Bristol Silica Mining Div · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS INVEDSTIGATING A POSSIBLE QUARRY DEVELOPMENT SITE THERE WAS BRUSH IN THE AREA EMPLOYEE WAS BITTEN BY A DEER TICK THE TICK BORED INTO HIS NECK & HE NEEDED TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY CE NTER AT THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE IT REMOVED & GO ON REGIMEN TO PREVENT LYME DISEASE

1994 · 3 incidents

1993 · 1 incident

November 17, 1993 OR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pacific Summa Env Corp-Bristol Silica Mining Div · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BUILDING A BERM, EE WAS DUMPING A LOAD OF DIRT. HALF THE LOAD CAME OUT OF DUMP BOX, THE OTHER HALF STAYED IN BOX CAUSING THE TRUCK TO BE OFF BALANCE AND OVERTURN.

1985 · 1 incident

July 22, 1985 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE

I.NAME WAS WATERING MILLERS GULCH ROAD, COMING DOWN A STEEP HILL THE BRAKES FAILED HE TURNED THE TRUCK INTO A BANK HOPING IT WOULD STOP THE TRUCK, AS IT WENT OVER THE BANK I.NAME JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK INJURING HIS BACK ARMS AND LEFT HAND

1984 · 1 incident

October 15, 1984 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Pacific Summa Env Corp-Bristol Silica Mining Div · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A PIECE OF METAL HE WAS DRILLING SPUN ON DRILL TABLE AND MASHED HIS LEFT HAND INJURING THE TENDONES