Mining Incidents

Gold Placer Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Goodfellow Brothers LLC
Kittitas County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502028

MSHA record for Gold Placer Mine (mine ID 4502028). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Oct 1987
Ownership history
  1. Liberty Gold 1950 to 1980
  2. Goodfellow Brothers Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Gold Placer Mine sits in Kittitas County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Kittitas County, Washington · Population 44,736
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,928
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

October 14, 1987 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Goodfellow Brothers Inc · Struck by flying object

REPAIRING D-8 C5EANING PARTS, FOREIGN OBJECT IN EYE, HE DID NOT NOTICE IT UNTIL AFTER HE WENT HOME