Mining Incidents

Nine Mile Mines: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Nine Mile Mines Inc · Underground
Missoula County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401700

MSHA record for Nine Mile Mines (mine ID 2401700). 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
1983
Latest incident
Sep 1983
Ownership history
  1. Nine Mile Mines Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Nine Mile Mines 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

2 on file

1983 · 2 incidents

September 27, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Nine Mile Mines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING POSTS ANDCAPS AT LOWER WORK AREA, CHAINSAW KICKED BACK AND SAWED LOWER LEG. THREE LAYERS OF STITCHES. ONE HUNDRED THIRTY ONE STITCHES TAKEN.

July 29, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nine Mile Mines Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE FELL OFF EMBANKMENT WHILE WALKING DOWN TO LOWER SURFACE WORK AREA. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT FOLLOWING, PRESEVIBED PATH OR ROAD WHEN INJURY OCCURRED. EMPLOYEE WAS SHAKEN UP BUT NO NOITCEABLE P AIN OR LOSS OF MOVEMENT. EMPLOYEE WAS WAKING AN AREA THAT WAS JUST LOGGED AND HAD STEEP BANKS.