Mining Incidents

LOST SHEEP MINEMetal/Nonmetal

Spar Mountain, Juab County, UT · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4200158
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2026 · 2 incidents

Accident type, without injuries

The area was the Ore access and the fall occurred at the intersection where material was bagged in the mesh. Miners intentionally dug out the top, creating a ground fall. When questioned as to why, they said they knew they were being laid off and it was somebody else's problem now. This was not an unplanned ground fall, it was planned by the miners who intentionally dug out top.

Accident type, without injuries

The area was and inactive area that fell at the intersection of the ore body and the host rock