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Salveson #1 Portable: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Salveson Robert A
Big Horn County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401844

MSHA record for Salveson #1 Portable (mine ID 2401844). 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
Sep 1987
Ownership history
  1. Salveson Construction Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Salveson #1 Portable sits in Big Horn County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
Big Horn County, Montana · Population 12,963
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$56,680
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

September 16, 1987 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Salveson Construction Company · Struck by flying object

HE HAD JUST FIN3SHED CHECKING THE CRUSHER &3 WAS WALKING BACK TO HIS STATION WHEN A ROCK FLEW FROM THE CRUSHER OR CONVEYOR & HIT HIM IN T HE SIDE OF H IS FACE. HE WAS WEARING A HARD HAT BU T THE ROCK HIT 6ELOW THE HAT. HE REQUIRED STITCHES IN HIS UPPER LIP & DENTAL WORK TO REPAIR SERVERAL FRONT TEETH. THERE WILL BE NO PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT.