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Higher ground resources operator

Controlled by Randy L. Rice

MSHA operator ID: 0178933

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Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at any Higher ground resources mine.

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 1
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 2021

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2021

citations

significant & substantial

$14,944

proposed penalties

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 fatality

Incident timeline

2021

1 (1f)

Mines on record

Butte Gulch ID

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

September 14, 2021 ID · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS

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.