Mining Incidents

Red Deer Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Custer County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3901326

MSHA record for Red Deer Mine (mine ID 3901326). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
May 1985

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 20, 1985 SD · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Fechner Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE VICTIM DROVE A 55A FRONTEND LOADER TO THE TOP OF A 12\ HIGH QUARRY WALL TO PUSH MATERIAL OFF THE TOP. THERE WAS A SLIGHT GRADE TOWARDS THE WALL. THE VICTIM STARTED TOWARDS THE HIGHWALL WI TH THE BUCKET DOWN & THE BUCKET CAME AGAINST A SOLID ROCK IN THE BOTTOM. THE VICTIM BACKED THE FRONE END LOADER UP & THEN CAME FORWARD AGAIN. THE BUCKET BOUNCED UP OVER THE SOLID & THE LOADER

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