Mining Incidents

Mountain View Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Chrome Corp Of America · Underground
Controlled by Boulder Gold Nl
Stillwater County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401882

MSHA record for Mountain View Mine (mine ID 2401882). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
Ownership history
  1. Chrome Corp Of America 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mountain View Mine sits in Stillwater County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 13.1% 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.
Stillwater County, Montana · Population 9,052
13.1%
Mining share of county employment
$81,503
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

February 21, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Chrome Corp Of America · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOTORAMN FAILLED TO STOP LOCO AS IT APPROACHED VENTIL DOOR MECHANIC WELDONG ON . MECH. ATTEMPTED TO JUMP CLEAR BUT R. ARM GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN LOCO AND MINE TIMBER.

February 16, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chrome Corp Of America · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MINING CREW ARE REHABITATING TIMBER SUPPORT IN TRACK DRIFTS. MINER LIFTED A HEAVY TIMBER CAP AND STRAINED HIS BACK.