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Gray Eagle Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Dewmount Boise Corp · Surface
Controlled by George S Fan
Baker County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3500646

MSHA record for Gray Eagle Mine (mine ID 3500646). 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
1993
Latest incident
Nov 1993
Ownership history
  1. Chemical Lime Company 1950 to 1992
  2. Dewmount Boise Corp 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Gray Eagle Mine sits in Baker County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Baker County, Oregon · Population 16,796
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$57,844
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

1993 · 1 incident

November 19, 1993 OR · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dewmount Boise Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING SELF UP INTO 580 BACKHOE WHEN SEVERE CHEST PAINS OCCURRED ACROSS ENATIRE CHEST INTO SHOULDERS & THROUGH TO UPPER BACK. IMMOBILIZED HIM, & FELT HE SHOULD GO TO EMERGENCY ROOM AT HOSPITA L. HE WAS GOING TO START THE BACKHOE FOR A LOWBOY TO HAUL IT.