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Clipper Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

M-I LLC · Facility
Controlled by Schlumberger Ltd
Lander County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601418

MSHA record for Clipper Mine (mine ID 2601418). 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
1990–1992
Latest incident
Jun 1992
Ownership history
  1. Imco Services 1950 to 1988
  2. M-I Drilling Fluids Company 1988 to 2002
  3. M-I LLC 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Clipper Mine sits in Lander County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 28.2% 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.
Lander County, Nevada · Population 5,745
28.2%
Mining share of county employment
$84,474
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

1992 · 2 incidents

June 29, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS LYING ON HIS BACK UNDER PAN FEEDER CLEANING OUT ROCKS.WHEN HE CRAWLED OUT TWO LUMPS APPEARED ON RIGHT ARM AND BACK WHERE HE HAD BEEN BITTEN BY AN INSECT.

May 11, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A RAFT WITH SUBMERSIBLE PUMP ON IT FROM THE BANK INTO THE WATER WAS PRYING RAFT WITH A BAR AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

March 19, 1990 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM CLASSIFIER THAT WAS UNDER REPAIR HE GRASPED SMALL ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR HAND HOLD. MOTOR WAS SECURED WITH ONLY ONE BOLT. WHEN MOTOR SWIVELED OPERATOR LOST GRIP & F ELL APPROX 5' TO GROUND SUSTAINING HIP & BACK BRUISES.