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Eclipse Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Pfizer Inc · Underground
Inyo County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401098

Eclipse Mine has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Jan 1985
Ownership history
  1. Pfizer Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1985 0
1984 3
1983 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Eclipse Mine sits in Inyo County, California, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Inyo County, California · Population 18,803
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$72,432
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1985 · 1 incident

January 21, 1985 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pfizer Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE WALKING FROM THE WAREHOUSE TO THE SHOP IN THE DARK EARLY IN THE MORNING, I,NAME FELL OVER A STEEL PLATE LAYING ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE THE WAREHOUSE DOOR. HE FELL ON HIS LEFT HAND-BREAKING A BONE.

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1983 · 1 incident

March 16, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Pfizer Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRILLING HOLES INTO A SECTION OF TIMBER. CLOTHING BECAME TANGLED ON BOLT HOLDING DRILL BIT, CAUSING HANDLE ON DRILL TO SWING AROUND, STRIKING EE ON TOP OF HEAD. LACERATION REQUIRING STI TCHES RESULTED.