Mining Incidents

Hazel Creek Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Mineral Strategies Inc · Underground
El Dorado County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404560

MSHA record for Hazel Creek Mine (mine ID 0404560). 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
1986
Latest incident
Aug 1986
Ownership history
  1. Mineral Strategies Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hazel Creek Mine sits in El Dorado County, California, 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.
El Dorado County, California · Population 192,299
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$106,190
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

1986 · 1 incident

August 24, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Mineral Strategies Inc · Fall from machine

FLAT TIRE ON MO7OR BIKE TRIED TO MAKE RIGHT TURN BIKE FLIPED RESULT ING IN FACIAL INJURYS AND TEETH