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Little Valley: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John Loosley
Douglas County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3502668

MSHA record for Little Valley (mine ID 3502668). 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
Jun 1986
Ownership history
  1. Beaver State Sand & Gravel 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Little Valley sits in Douglas County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Douglas County, Oregon · Population 111,807
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,983
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

June 12, 1986 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Beaver State Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING BELTS 2N MOTOR ON ROLL CRUSHER USING 980 LOADER.PUSH PLATE SLIPPED AND HE GRABBED IT AS LOADER HIT IT STRIKING LEFT THUMB.