Mining Incidents

Mc Laughlin Exploration Decline (94): 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Barrick Gold Corp
Lake County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404568

MSHA record for Mc Laughlin Exploration Decline (94) (mine ID 0404568). 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
1994
Latest incident
Apr 1994
Ownership history
  1. Homestake Mining Company 1981 to 1994
  2. Intermountain Mine Services Inc 1994 to 1994
  3. Homestake Mining Company Of California 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mc Laughlin Exploration Decline (94) sits in Lake County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Lake County, California · Population 68,139
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$58,738
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

April 18, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Intermountain Mine Services Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS DRILLING BLAST HOLES TO SHOOT DOWN THE BACK IN A X-CUT. DRILL FELL WHILE SETTING UP AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE DRILL AND THE LEF OF THE MACHINE. CUT ON LEFT SMALL FINGER REQUIRE D 5 STITCHES.