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Rescue Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Rescue Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by Mc Dowell George A
Idaho County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1000877

MSHA record for Rescue Mine (mine ID 1000877). 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
1984
Latest incident
Jul 1984
Ownership history
  1. Idaho Rand Inc 1950 to 1981
  2. Rescue Mining Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rescue Mine sits in Idaho County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Idaho County, Idaho · Population 17,120
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$60,975
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

1984 · 1 incident

July 5, 1984 ID · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rescue Mining Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME PICKED UP JACK-HAMMER FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING HIS EMPLOYMENT AT MINE AND LAID IT BACK DOWN SAYING HE HAD STRAINED HIS BACK HE WORKED 5 MORE HOURS AND QUIT AT REGULAR TIME, IN MORNING HE SAID HIS BACK HURT AND WENT TO DOCTOR