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Panamint Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Cyprus Mines Corp · Surface
Inyo County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0401127

MSHA record for Panamint Mine (mine ID 0401127). 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
1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
Ownership history
  1. Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company 1950 to 1980
  2. Cyprus Mines Corp 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Panamint Mine sits in Inyo County, California, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Inyo County, California · Population 18,803
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$72,432
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

1984 · 2 incidents

June 23, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Cyprus Mines Corp · Struck against a moving object

WHILE SITTING IN A HAUL TRUCK BEING LOADED A LARGE PIECE OF ORE DUMPED INTO THE TRUCK CAUSING THE TRUCK TO BOUNCE, EE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON T HE AIR CONDITIONER THAT IS LOCATED IN T HE TOP OF THE CAB.

January 4, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cyprus Mines Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF FUELING A FUEL TRUCK FROM THE MAIN STORAGE TANK THE FUEL HOSE STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE FUEL TANK EMPLOYEE REACHED OUT TO GRAB HOLD OF HOSE STRAINING HIS BACK IN THE P ROCESS