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Illipah Mine: 6 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Alta Gold Company · Surface
White Pine County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602006

MSHA record for Illipah Mine (mine ID 2602006). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Ownership history
  1. Echo Bay Minerals Company 1987 to 1988
  2. Alta Gold Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Illipah Mine sits in White Pine County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 15.4% 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.
White Pine County, Nevada · Population 8,856
15.4%
Mining share of county employment
$72,294
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1989 · 1 incident

July 9, 1989 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alta Gold Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS WALKING AROUND PUMP BUILDING AND STEPPED UP ON A 12" DRISCOE PIPE HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL HITTING HIS KNEE THE PAIN IN HIS LEG INCREASED THRU SHIFT HE WENT TO THE DR THE NEXT DAY THE DR RETURNED HIM TO WORK AND PRESCRIBED MOTRIN FOR PAIN 7/13/89 I NAME WAS SENT TO A SURGEON FOR HIS KNEE

1988 · 2 incidents

November 1, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Alta Gold Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS TAGGING SAMPLES SHE STEPPED BACK AND TRIPPED ON A SAMPLESACK SHE FELL BRUISING AND POSSIBLEY DISLOCATING TAILBONE I.NAME WAS GIVEN PAIN MEDICATION

February 17, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Fall from machine

HE WAS CHECKING THE OIL ON THE JAW FEEDER AT THE START OF SHIFT. HE STARTED TO SLIP WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT. HIS LEFT FOOT CAUGHT AND HE FELL, TWISTING HIS ANKLE AND KNEE. THERE WAS FROST ON THE A REA WHERE HE WAS STANDING.

1987 · 3 incidents

November 9, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD BE9N PULVERIZING SAMPLES IN ASSAY LAB. SHE DEVELOPED PAIN IN HER LEFT ARM. ON NOV. 9,1987, A SCHEDULED DAY OFF, EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR FOR PAIN MEDICATION. THE DIAGNOSIS FROM THE DOCTOR WAS A S7RAIN DELTOID MUSCLE IN HER LEFT ARM. EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO WORK ON THE NEXT SCHEDULED DAY.

June 12, 1987 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GEOLOGIST SCOOP9D UP A HANDFUL OF SAMPLE ROCKS WITH HIS GLOVED HAND.A SHARP PIECE OF JASPEROID RREPORT THIS ACCIDENT,AS THE INJURED RECEIVED ANTI-BIOTICS-HAD FINGER LANCED ON 06-17-87.