Mining Incidents

Champ Mine: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Conda Partnership · Surface
Caribou County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1001593

MSHA record for Champ Mine (mine ID 1001593). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Jun 1985
Ownership history
  1. Conda Partnership 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Champ Mine sits in Caribou County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 7.3% 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.
Caribou County, Idaho · Population 7,118
7.3%
Mining share of county employment
$66,653
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

June 19, 1985 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ENTRAPMENT
Conda Partnership · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS SAMPLING ORE IN SOUTH FACE OF FRINGE PIT AND 145-1 DOZER PUSHED LOOSE MATERIAL OVER BANK BURING I.NAME\S LEG (LEFT) JUST ABOVE KNEE AND RIGHT LEG BELOW KNEE, BRUISING LEFT HAND (PA LM) AND BRUISING ARM ABOVE WRIST. NO LOST TIME.

1984 · 2 incidents

August 13, 1984 ID · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Conda Partnership · Fall to the walkway or working surface

I.NAME WAS WALKING DOWN CATWALK AT THE CHAMP TIPPLE AND TWISTED HE ANKLE AND FELL. IT WAS AT THE END OF THE SHIFT

March 4, 1984 ID · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Conda Partnership · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS LETTING DOWN POWER CABLE WHEN SNAP RING THAT HOLDS GEAR IN HAND WINCH CAME OUT OR BROKE LETTING TWO STRANDS OF POWER CABLE FALL FROM TOP OF TOWER. POWER CABLE HIT I.NAME AND KNOCKED HIM OFF OF THE TOWER