Norse Windfall Mines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
SPLICING LINE WITH OPEN KNIFE IN HIS HNAD.HIS AHND SLIPPED,CUTTING HAND.
Norse Windfall Mines Incorporated: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal
Norse Windfall Mines Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Foss Ted
Eureka County,
NV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2600891
MSHA record for Norse Windfall Mines Incorporated (mine ID 2600891). 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
- 1989
- Latest incident
- May 1989
Ownership history
- Windfall Venture 1950 to 1986
- Western-Windfall Ltd 1981 to 1983
- Norse Windfall Mines Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Norse Windfall Mines Incorporated sits in Eureka County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 30.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Eureka County, Nevada · Population 1,660
30.5%
Mining share of county employment
$73,095
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.