Mining Incidents

Kettle River Site: 8 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Echo Bay Minerals Company · Underground
Controlled by Echo Bay Mines Ltd
Ferry County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503148

MSHA record for Kettle River Site (mine ID 4503148). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1988–1993
Latest incident
Apr 1993
Ownership history
  1. Echo Bay Minerals Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Kettle River Site sits in Ferry County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Ferry County, Washington · Population 7,326
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$54,650
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1993 · 1 incident

April 30, 1993 WA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Fall from machine

IT WAS WET OUTSIDE VICTIM SLIPPED ON THE EDGE OF STORAGE TRAILER AND FELL APPROX. THREE FEET INTO THE BACK OF AND ACROSS THE TAILGATE FEET INTO THE BACK OF AND ACROSS THE TAILGATE OF A PICK TR UCK A COMPRESSION LACERATION TO THE LEFT SHIN REQUIRING APPROX. EIGHT STITCHES.

1992 · 1 incident

August 28, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator MACHINERY
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

95751TED TRUMA AGGWATING OLD BACK INJURY OF MAYBE.

1991 · 1 incident

June 18, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE BULL HOSE U/G AND STRAINED HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE IS ON RESTRICTED TUY.

1990 · 1 incident

June 15, 1990 WA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

JACKLEGGING BACK TO INSTALL MAT WHEN ROCK FELL AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LIP.

1988 · 4 incidents

July 12, 1988 WA · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck against stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE,A DIAMOND DRILLERS HELPER,WAS TRIPPING RODS OUT PAST CAVE TO PUMP INTERTUBE DOWN.LOTS OF WATER AND AIR WAS COMING OUT OF THE RODS.HE THOUGH THE TUBE WAS COMING BACK AT THEM AND HE TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY,TURNED AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE LAGGEN OF THE ROD RACK.

March 27, 1988 WA · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE HELPER WAS OPERATING THE JACK LEG EQUIPMENT.GOT CAUGHT UP.ARM WAS PINNED BETWEEN JACK LEG AND DIAMOND DRILL MACHINE.

January 22, 1988 WA · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GR9ASING THE HEAD ON A DRILL INNER TUB.HE WAS PULLING THE GREASE GUN OFF THE TUBE WHEN THE END OF THE FLEX HUB RELEASED AND SWUNG BACK AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH CAUSING HIS CAP TO BREAK A3D FALL OFF THE TOOTH.

January 4, 1988 WA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver MACHINERY
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Struck by falling object

WAS PREPARING T2 START ROCK BOLTING WHEN SLAB FELL FROM BACK STRIKING HIM ON LEFT LEG COMPOUND FX.OF LEG ABOVE KNEE