Mining Incidents

Drumlummon Surface: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Don Busby
Lewis And Clark County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401227

MSHA record for Drumlummon Surface (mine ID 2401227). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jan 1984
Ownership history
  1. White & Associates Inc 1950 to 1980
  2. Goldsil Mining & Milling Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Drumlummon Surface sits in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Lewis and Clark County, Montana · Population 72,580
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,543
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1984 · 1 incident

January 14, 1984 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Goldsil Mining & Milling Inc · Struck by powered moving object

WAS PUSHING SPILING WITH MUCKER WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF OF SPILING AND JUMPED OR LUNGED FORWARD APPROX ONE FOOT. CORNER OF BUCKET STRUCK MAN IN ABDOMEN. HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS OF RIBS AND BRUISED STOMACH. X-RAYS NEG.-UNDER OBSERVATION FOR 1 DAY.

1983 · 4 incidents

December 12, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Goldsil Mining & Milling Inc · Struck by falling object

STARTED DRILLING HOLE FOR ROCK BOLT. DRILL KNOCKED SMALL ROCK LOOSE IT FELL APPROX 8\ & HIT DRILLER ON LEFT FOOT.

November 23, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Goldsil Mining & Milling Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THEY WERE ERECTING A RETAINER WALL AT CONVEYOR ON THE CRUSHER. THE LOADER OFER BROUGHT AROUND A LOG TO PUT INTO A PLACE HE WAS TOLD IT WAS TOO SHORT. HE BACK AWAY WITH THE LOG AND IT STARTED B OUNCING IT THEN HIT ELDON ACROSS THE LEGS WHICH REBULTED IN A BROKEN ANKLE.

November 5, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Goldsil Mining & Milling Inc · Fall onto or against objects

HELPING UNROLL BELTING .ROLL CAME LOOSE FROM BARIT WAS ROLLING ON AND FELL ON EMPL FELL AGAINST METAL CHUTE AND HURT HIS BACK.

August 23, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Goldsil Mining & Milling Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AN AIR DRIVEN CRAWLER TRACKED DRILL RIG WAS BEING MANUVERED FOR A NEWDRILLING POSITION THE OPERATOR WAS STANDING IN THE WRONG POSITION RELATIVE TO THE CONTROLS BECAUSE OF THIS AND HIS LACK OF ATTENTION HE BACKED THE TRACK OF THE DRILL OVER HIS FOOT THE TRACK EMBENDED ABOVE TRACK PART OF THE FOOT PROTECTED BY STEEL XXX INJURING HIS TOE AND ANKLE