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Happy Jack: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bland Alvin E & Harvey R
Custer County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3900752

MSHA record for Happy Jack (mine ID 3900752). 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
1990
Latest incident
Apr 1990
Ownership history
  1. Jimmy C Dean 1950 to 1979
  2. A & H Mining & Contracting 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Happy Jack sits in Custer County, South Dakota, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Custer County, South Dakota · Population 8,686
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$81,958
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

1990 · 1 incident

April 10, 1990 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
A & H Mining & Contracting · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING AIR TRACK DRILL TO LINE UP WITH HOLE. THE AIR TRACK HAD TO GO OVER A SMALL HUMP OF DIRT. THE AIR TRACK SLIPPED AND THE HITCH FELL ON EMPLOYEES RIGHT FOOT JUST BEHIND THE ST EEL TOE OF THE SHOE.