Mining Incidents

Silver Lake Pit & Mill Or Silver Lake: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Sand Products Corp
Oceana County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2001999

MSHA record for Silver Lake Pit & Mill Or Silver Lake (mine ID 2001999). 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
Mar 1984
Ownership history
  1. Hart Packing Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Silver Lake Pit & Mill Or Silver Lake sits in Oceana County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Oceana County, Michigan · Population 26,788
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$63,624
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

March 28, 1984 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hart Packing Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MR. HIDDEMA WAS MOVING A PARTIAL FILLED DRUM OF MOTOR OIL.