Mining Incidents

Copper Range Company: 3 recorded fatalities operator

Controlled by Inmet Mining Corp
MSHA operator ID: L11446

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Fatalities
3
Total incidents
1,199
Mines on record
1
Years on record
1986–2000
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
15
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 15 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2000
1
1999
2
1998
10 (1f)
1997
3
1996
7
1995
94
1994
140
1993
131
1992
158
1991
168
1990
161
1989
100
1988
88
1987
77 (1f)
1986
59 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

3 recorded
February 25, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal Fatality · MACHINERY
Copper Range Company · Struck by falling object

NORTHWEST INDUSTRIAL SERVICES INC. EMPLOYEE EE ENTERED CRC PROPERTY WITHOUT NOTICE OR CONTACTING CRC SECURITY AND WAS REMOVING CRC-OWNED EQIPMENT WITHOUT CRC AUTHORIZATION. EE WAS USING A CUT TING OTRCH WITHOUT SUPERVISION OR PROPER EQUIPMENT (CRANE) TO PARTIALLY CUT THE STEEL SUPPORT BRACING FROM THE HEADFRAMME OF THE #3 SHAFTHOUSE ON CRC PROPERTY. WHILE MAKING THE CUT THE STEEL

February 6, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Copper Range Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FOREMAN DISCOVE9ED A BELT LINE NOT RUNNING, AFTER CHECKING CALLED THE ELECTRICIANS BELIEVING THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. HE THEN DISCOVERED A ROCK JAMMED ON THE RETURN BELT AND TAIL PULLE L. HE TRIED PRY3NG THE ROCK OUT WITH A PRY BAR WITH NO SUCCESS AND CALLED FOR ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT. THE POWER WAS TURNED OFF. HE LAID ON THE BELT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND B EGAN HITTING THE R

April 3, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Copper Range Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DEATH CAUSED FR2M CRUSHING INJURIES TO HEAD AND PELVIS. RUN OVER BY ORE CAR HE WAS DRIVING.

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Where Copper Range Company stands on silica, penalties, and injury rate

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