Mining Incidents
Search Operators Mines Alerts Research Controllers Fatalgrams About
Countries
Peru Chile
English Español
← Back to search

YELLOW JACKET: 10 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by State Street Corporation
Lemhi County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1001804

MSHA record for YELLOW JACKET (mine ID 1001804). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at YELLOW JACKET.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1990–1992
Latest incident
Nov 1992
Ownership history
  1. United States Antimony Corp 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

YELLOW JACKET sits in Lemhi 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.
Lemhi County, Idaho · Population 8,166
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$52,057
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

1992 · 3 incidents

November 10, 1992 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
United States Antimony Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

TIGHTENING LINER BOLTS WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL TO FLOOR.

March 15, 1992 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United States Antimony Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS BARRING DOWN ORE IN FINE ORE BIN AND FELL IN.

1991 · 2 incidents

November 12, 1991 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United States Antimony Corp · Struck by falling object

BALL MILL LINER FELL ON RIGHT WRIST WHILE CHANGING LINERS.

June 26, 1991 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United States Antimony Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WORKING ON FILTER PLATFORM BACKED OFF STAIRWAY STRIKING HEAD BACK ON CONCENT FLOOR. EE WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR TOE TREATMENT.

1990 · 5 incidents

November 14, 1990 ID · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
United States Antimony Corp · Struck against stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF THE BACKHOE AND STEPPED ON A BOARD WITH NAILS STICKING THROUGH.

November 8, 1990 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United States Antimony Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EE WAS WALKING INTO THE MILL BLDG AND SLIPPED. AS THE EE SLIPPED SHE WENT TO BRACE HERSELF ANDHURT HER SHOULDER.

August 27, 1990 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United States Antimony Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A PANEL AND TURNED AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

August 26, 1990 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United States Antimony Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS BOLTING TOGETHER A CONVEYOR HOUSING WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HIS ARM GOT CAUGTH BETWEEN 2 METAL BEAMS.