Mining Incidents

MILLER TREE FARM MINE: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Miller William E
Deschutes County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503300

MSHA record for MILLER TREE FARM MINE (mine ID 3503300). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1989–1994
Latest incident
Aug 1994
Ownership history
  1. Central Oregon Pumice Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

MILLER TREE FARM MINE sits in Deschutes County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Deschutes County, Oregon · Population 203,026
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$87,640
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1994 · 1 incident

August 24, 1994 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Oregon Pumice Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IN AN AWKWARD POSITION WORKING ON MICH. LOADER- PULLED MUSCLES IN LEFT ARM.

1993 · 1 incident

April 19, 1993 OR · Metal/Non-Metal fireman - locomotive, railroad clam operator, timekeeper, yard engine operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Central Oregon Pumice Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HELPING AT PLANT. OPENED A RAILROAD CAR SPRINGS ARE BAD AND IT TOOK TWO MEN TO OPEN IT THE DOOR OPENED ON HIS LEFT FOOT AND SQUASHED IT PUSHING BONES THRU THE BOTTOM OF HIS FOOT HE WAS OPERATED ON THAT SAME DAY.

1991 · 1 incident

April 11, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Central Oregon Pumice Company · Struck against a moving object

WAS HAULING ROAD MATERIAL AND PLACING ON ROAD LOAD HUNG UP AND TRUCK TIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE. POSSIBLE CRACKED RIB TO DRIVER. AFTER X RAYS IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS ONLY A BRUISE ON RIGHT SI DE.

1989 · 1 incident

May 16, 1989 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Central Oregon Pumice Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAT OPERATOR GOT A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS EYE HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR TO HAVE IT REMOVED WE DID NOT KNOW THIS UNTIL 060989 HE LOST NO TIME