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Mineral Slide: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Singing Creek Mines · Underground
Butte County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0404608

MSHA record for Mineral Slide (mine ID 0404608). 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
1983
Latest incident
Dec 1983
Ownership history
  1. Singing Creek Mines 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mineral Slide sits in Butte County, California, 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.
Butte County, California · Population 209,470
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,574
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

1983 · 1 incident

December 16, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Singing Creek Mines · Fall onto or against objects

/INJURED MAN WAS LENDING A HAND TO ANOTHER EE WHO WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR A BROKEN HYDRAULIC HOSE ON A RUBBER TIRED BACKHOE. INJURED MAN WAS USING A PRYBAR TO PRY ON THE HYDRAULIC VALVE BODY AS HE WAS PRYING HIS FOOTING WAS LOST IN THE MUD WHERE HE WAS STANDING. HE FELL DOWN ACROSS ONE OF THE HYDRAULIC OUTRIGGERS ON THE MACHINE. SUSTAINED INJURY TO RT UPPER CHEST BRUISED RIB CAG