Higher ground resourcesOperator

MSHA Operator ID: 0178933

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 1
Mines on record: 1
Period: —

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Top causes

FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality

Incident timeline

2021

1 (1f)

Mines on record

Butte GulchID

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

Higher ground resources

Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

A visitor to the mine site was in a unauthorized area running a sluice box in a unstable trench when it collapsed and buried them. The trench was tapered and made safe to remove their body.