Mining Incidents

Red Bird Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by State Street Corporation
Custer County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1001644

MSHA record for Red Bird Mine (mine ID 1001644). 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
1985
Latest incident
Nov 1985
Ownership history
  1. United States Antimony Corp 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Red Bird Mine sits in Custer County, Idaho, 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.
Custer County, Idaho · Population 4,411
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$56,957
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

1985 · 2 incidents

January 21, 1985 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HOISTING
United States Antimony Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN BOTTOM OF SHAFT,HE WAS IN SKIP BUCKET WHEN IT TURNED OVER PINNED HIM AGAINST THE WALL,SMASHING HIS THUMB IN BETWEEN BUCKET AND WALL.