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Snake Mountain: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Astles Gale
Elmore County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1001727

MSHA record for Snake Mountain (mine ID 1001727). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
May 1989
Ownership history
  1. Lava Flow Products Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Snake Mountain sits in Elmore County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Elmore County, Idaho · Population 29,046
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$58,976
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

May 18, 1989 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lava Flow Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BANDING A PALLET. FORKLIFT OPERATOR CAME AROUND THE PALLET RUNNING INTO BANDING MACHINE TRAPPING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN BANDING MACHINE AND APLLET.

April 29, 1989 ID · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lava Flow Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BACKING OFF RAMP LEADING TO HOPPER OPERATER FAILED TO LOWER LOADER BUCKET, AND RAN OVER A MOUND AT BASE OF RAMP CAUSING LOADER TO ROLL ON ITS SIDE.

1987 · 3 incidents

May 13, 1987 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lava Flow Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED BACKED 3NTO A BAR LOCATED ON THE BAGGING MACHINE.DOCTOR DESCRIBED INJURY AS A "QUESTTIONABLE COMPRESSION FRACTURE" OR MUSCLE STRAIN.

April 6, 1987 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lava Flow Products Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED BACK WH9N HE STEPPED IN A HOLE WHILE CARRYING A LAVE BOULDER

March 12, 1987 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lava Flow Products Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMP WAS MARKING3CARTONS OF PRODUCT. AFTER MARKING HE CARRIED THEM TO DESIGNATED AREA WHEN HE FELL BETWEEN 2 PALLETS WHICH WEWRE ON THE FLOOR AS THE DESIGNIATED AREA TO PLACE MARKED CARTONS