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Pretty Girl Placer: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ballard Al
Lewis And Clark County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401692

MSHA record for Pretty Girl Placer (mine ID 2401692). 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
1987
Latest incident
May 1987
Ownership history
  1. Ballard Mining Corp 1982 to 1984
  2. Impact Resources Inc 1984 to 1985
  3. Special Lady Mining Corp 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pretty Girl Placer sits in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Lewis and Clark County, Montana · Population 72,580
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,543
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

1987 · 1 incident

May 4, 1987 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Special Lady Mining Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING FROM A LADDER TO A STEEL STRUCTURE WHEN THE LADDER SHIFTED, CAUSING HIM TO SIT HEAVILY ON THE STRUCTURE.