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Montana Barite Mill: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Nicor Minerals Inc
Missoula County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401220

Montana Barite Mill has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Jan 1986
Ownership history
  1. Montana Barite Company Inc 1950 to 1983
  2. Montana Barite Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1987 1
1986 2
1985 7
1984 10
1983 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Montana Barite Mill sits in Missoula County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Missoula County, Montana · Population 119,639
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$71,246
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

January 21, 1986 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Montana Barite Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS REBA1GING 100 LB OF BARITE TO 88 LB BAGS. IN DOING THIS HE LIFTED UP THE SCREEN TO THE AUGER FEED TO PUSH SOME BARITE THAT WAS STUCK ON THE SIDES, DOWN INTO THE ARGER AND GOT THE TI P OF HIS MIDDLE3THREE FINGERS CAUGHT IN THE AUGER.