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Key West Underground: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Echo Bay Minerals Company · Underground
Controlled by Echo Bay Mines Ltd
Ferry County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503272

Key West Underground has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Sep 1994
Ownership history
  1. Echo Bay Minerals Company 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1995 0
1994 15
1993 5
1992 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Key West Underground 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

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

September 8, 1994 WA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Echo Bay Minerals Company · Flash burns (welding)

EE HAD FINISHED A TACK WELD. HE HANDED THE STINGER AND ROD UP TO ANOTHER EE WHO DROPPED THE STINGER CAUSING A WELDING ARC APPROX. 3 INCH IN FRONT OF EE EYES. EE WAS ON SCHEDULED DAYS OFF 9-9, 9-10, AND 9-11.