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Stratton Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vernon E Stratton
Custer County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3901165

MSHA record for Stratton Mine (mine ID 3901165). 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
1989
Latest incident
Jan 1989
Ownership history
  1. North American Accounts 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Stratton Mine sits in Custer County, South Dakota, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Custer County, South Dakota · Population 8,686
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$81,958
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

1989 · 1 incident

January 12, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
North American Accounts · Fall from machine

PUTTING AN OLD DRILL STEEL ON THE DRILL. STRIKER BAR WAS BENT CAUSING STEEL TO JUMP UP AND DOWN. JAGGED END OF STEEL CAUGHT INSULATED COVERALLS AT ABOUT WAIST HIGH, TWISTING THEM ONTO THE BIT AND THROWING VICTIM OVER THE BEAM.