Mining Incidents

Van Stone: 10 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Equinox Resources Ltd
Stevens County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502040

MSHA record for Van Stone (mine ID 4502040). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1990–1993
Latest incident
Jan 1993
Ownership history
  1. Callahan Mining Corp 1950 to 1990
  2. Equinox Resources Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Van Stone sits in Stevens County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Stevens County, Washington · Population 47,470
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$67,405
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1993 · 1 incident

January 2, 1993 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Equinox Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLED GROIN MUSCLE WHILE CLEANING OUT FINE ORE BIN.

1992 · 4 incidents

December 23, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Equinox Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE BUMPBED HIS KNEE ON THE CONVEYOR FRAME WHILE CLEANING THE FINE ORE BIN CHUTE.

December 21, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Equinox Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A FROZEN CLUMP OF CRUSHED ORE OUT OF A SHUTE WHEN IN THE PROCESS HE TWISTED HIS WRIST

November 12, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Equinox Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING ON A CABLE WHEN ANTOHER EMPLOYEE PULLED THE FRAYED CABLE THROUGH HIS HANDS.

September 5, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Equinox Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PICKING DOWN THE SOUTH FINE ORE BIN WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

1991 · 4 incidents

October 26, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Equinox Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING AIR IN TIRE AFTER WORK SHIFT. TEH SHOP CRANE HOOK WAS AT THE LEVEL OF HIM HEAD AND HE WALKED INTO IT. EMPLOYEE STUMBLED WHEN HE HIT THE HOOK AND HIS HARD HAT WAS KNOCKED OFF, WHEN HE RECOVERED HE HIT THE HOOK AGAIN, CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS HEAD.

June 25, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Equinox Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING A 55 GALLON REOGENT BARREL UPRIGHT ON ITS LOWER RIM THE BARREL TIPPED OVER & THE UPPER RIM STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT FOOT CAUSING TORN TISSUES

March 27, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Equinox Resources Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PIT PERFORMING HIS REGULAR JOB. HE HAD HIS BACK TO THE HIGH WALL AND WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT CALF MUSCLE BY A ROCK FALLING FROM THE HIGH WALL. HE THOUGH HE WAS OK AND DID N OT GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 4/1/91. WAS THEN OFF 4/2 AND 4/3.

March 22, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Equinox Resources Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING HANG UP IN BALL MILL CONVEYOR FEED CHUTE WITH BAR HIS RT THUMB STRUCK A POST SUPPORTING THE EMERGENCY STOP CORD ON THE CONVEYOR CAUSING A SEVERE BRUISE

1990 · 1 incident

November 19, 1990 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Equinox Resources Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING UP ONTO BULLDOZER,TWISTED HIS BACK.