Mining Incidents

Iron Dyke Mine: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Silver King Mines Inc · Underground
Baker County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3502868

MSHA record for Iron Dyke Mine (mine ID 3502868). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Ownership history
  1. Silver King Mines Inc 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Iron Dyke 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

5 on file

1987 · 3 incidents

November 4, 1987 OR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Silver King Mines Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING ROCK BOLT HOLES IN THE BACK OF A MAIN HAULAGE DRIFT WHILE MAKING A STEEL CHANGE THE LEG CONTROL WAS ACCIDENTLY TURNED ON BY THE OPERATOR THE JACK LEG DRILL PINCHED HIS RT HAND BETWEEN T2E DRILL CHUCK AND THE BACK OF THE DRIFT THE FINGER NAIL ON HIS LITTLE FINGER OF HIS RT HAND WAS TORN OFF

June 25, 1987 OR · Metal/Non-Metal STRIKING OR BUMPING
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS CLIMBING3UP A VERTICAL LADDER WAY INTO AND UNDER GROUND WORKING AREA KNOWN AS A STOPE. THE LADDER WAY FROM TRACK LEVEL TO STOPE SILL. UPON REACHING THE SAFTEY LANDING AT 20 FOOT MARK, HE STOOD UP ON 7HE LANDING, AND BUMPED HIS HEAD INTO A CROSS STRINGER AT THE LADDER COLLOR.

March 3, 1987 OR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck against a moving object

I,NAME WAS ATTE4PTING TO DUMP ONE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED CARS THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY UNEVENLY LOADED UNDERGROUND. SINCE THE ROCKER DUMP, ORE CARS HAS THE ABILITY TO DUMP EITHER DIRECTION IT IS IM PERATIVE THAT T2E CAR BE EVENLY LOADED. THE UNEVEN LOAD CAUSED THE ORE CAR TO DUMP IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LANDING INSTEAD OF AWAY FROM IT. INSTEAD OF STEPPING CLEAR, I,NAME TRIED TO HOLD THE

1986 · 1 incident

April 2, 1986 OR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS REMOVIN1 3" X 12" STAGING LAGGON WHEN ONE SLIPPED OFF OF CAP & MAN FELL AND AN 8" X 8" BLOCK HIT MAN ON CALF OF LEG

1984 · 1 incident

March 22, 1984 OR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED MAN WAS APPLYING AIR TO A JACKLEG DRILL EG TO INSERT EVER A DRILL STEEL. THE AIR PRESSURE APPLIED WAS TOO MUCH CAUSING THE DRILL TO SLIP OFF THE STEEL STRIKING THE I NJURED IN THE NOSE. HE WAS ROOF BEOLTING AT THE TIME.