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Yellow Pine Mine: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Valley County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1001849

Yellow Pine Mine has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Nov 1990
Ownership history
  1. Hecla Mining Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1992 11
1991 22
1990 21
1989 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Yellow Pine Mine sits in Valley 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.
Valley County, Idaho · Population 12,136
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$76,125
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

November 22, 1990 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hecla Mining Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPL WAS WALKING OUT TO BARREN CYANIDE DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLD WHEN SHE STEPPED OFF WALKWAY & ON TO HEAD LEACH PAD PLASTIC LINER WHICH WAS SNOW COVERED WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON PLASTIC & FELL ON TAIL BONE. SHE BRUISED TAILBONE IN FALL.

July 1, 1990 ID · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hecla Mining Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

OCCURRED WHEN THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING A PIECE OF 40 MIL HDPE PLASTIC UP A HILL. DOCTOR SCHEDULED SURGERT FOR 11-28-90 AFTER HIS SEASONAL WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED. INJURY DID NOT RESULT IN LOST WORK DAYS OR RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITIES.