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Carpenter Creek Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kurt Mc Call
Benewah County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1000635

MSHA record for Carpenter Creek Mine (mine ID 1000635). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1989
Latest incident
Sep 1989
Ownership history
  1. Emerald Creek Garnet Milling Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Carpenter Creek Mine sits in Benewah County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Benewah County, Idaho · Population 9,913
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$56,553
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

September 6, 1989 ID · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Emerald Creek Garnet Milling Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE LADDER AND THE TAIL END OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR GRABBED HIS SLEEVE ON HIS SWEAT SHIRT AND PULLED HIS ARM UP SQUEEZING HIS BICEP.

1986 · 1 incident

April 24, 1986 ID · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emerald Creek Garnet Milling Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DISMANTELING TH9 245 BACKHOE HE DROVE A PIN OUT OF THE DYLINDER AND THECYLINDER. DISMANTELING THE 245 BACKHOE HE DROVE A PIN OUT OF THE CYLINDER AND THE CYLINDER DROPPED DOWN AN D SMASHED HIS R3NG FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND WHICH LEAD TO AMPUTATION BELOW THE LOWER NUCKLE.