Mining Incidents

Green Back Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Golden Reef Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by Fairchild Gold Corp
Josephine County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3502806

MSHA record for Green Back Mine (mine ID 3502806). 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
1989
Latest incident
May 1989
Ownership history
  1. Oregon Gold Mines Inc 1950 to 1987
  2. Minerals Management Inc 1980 to 1983
  3. Geo Gold & Silver Corp 1987 to 1989
  4. Golden Reef Mining Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Green Back Mine sits in Josephine County, Oregon, 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.
Josephine County, Oregon · Population 88,069
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$59,097
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

1989 · 1 incident

May 23, 1989 OR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Geo Gold & Silver Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RUNNING A CHIPPING HAMMER UNDERGROUND AND WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE BY A FOREIGN OBJECT. SAFETY GLASSES WERE SUPPLIED BUT NOT USED.