Mining Incidents

Snowbank Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Richard K Geordge · Underground
Controlled by Richard K Geordge
Meagher County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401693

MSHA record for Snowbank Mine (mine ID 2401693). 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
1983
Latest incident
Oct 1983
Ownership history
  1. Richard K Geordge 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Snowbank Mine sits in Meagher County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 3.0% 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.
Meagher County, Montana · Population 1,979
3.0%
Mining share of county employment
$56,215
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

1983 · 1 incident

October 22, 1983 MT · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator MACHINERY
Richard K Geordge · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CARELESSNESS OF OPERATOR CAUGHT BETWEEN LEG AND MACHINE