Mining Incidents

Magna Concentrator Metal/Non-Metal

Salt Lake County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4200716

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
45
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 18, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by falling object

CRANE BLOCK WAS RUN THROUGH LIMIT SWITCH INTO DRUM CAUSING CABLE TO PULL IN TWO DROPPING SHEAVE BLOCK ONTO EMPLOYEE.

Reportable incidents

44 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1984 · 14 incidents

June 28, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Fall onto or against objects

JUMPED OVER GUARD RAIL & TWISTED KNEE. CONTUSION RO RIGHT KNEE.

June 21, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING THE ROLLS ON SEC 4 SHIM WAS FALLING OUT AND AS HE WAS PUTTING IT BACK, HE CAUGHT THE SHIM ON A BELT AND HURT FINGER.

May 3, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON COAL PILE USING SUPER SUCKER INDUSTRIAL VACUUM AND HE TURNED TO GO UP HILL AND HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS KNEE AND HE FELL BACK DOWN THE HILL HIS KNEE CAP WAS OFF TO THE SIDE OF HIS LEG A AND HE PUSHED IT BACK INTO PLACE.

April 26, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Fall onto or against objects

OUTSIDE OF SYMONS DOOR AND HE SLIPPED WHILE HANDLING A DRUM OF OIL AND FELL. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TAILGATE CUTTING HIS EYE.

April 15, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SHIMMING 2/9 ROLL FLOOR; PULLING A 2 IN. SHIM UP AND ANOTHER 2 IN. SHIM CAME UP WITH IT AND PINCHED HIS FINGER.

April 11, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING AN ECCENTRIC FROM SECTION 1/10 PRIMARY CLASSIFIER. HIS KNEE WAS PINCHED BETWEEN PRIMARY CLASSIFIER ECCENTRIC & VERTICAL POST OF A HANDRAIL.

March 26, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JACKING UP ELEVATGOR FRAME JACK HANDLE SLIPPED OFF CAME DOWN HITTING EMPLOYEES HEAD AND LEG

March 21, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CENTER POPPING SOME MARKS AND HIT HIS FINGER WITH A HAMMER.

March 15, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT LEFT SLEEVE IN LATHE & IT PULLED HIM INTO THE MACHINE LACERATING LEFT EAR.

February 23, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A PIECE OF PIPE AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

February 1, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING LID BACK ON A HEATER ON THE ROLLS. THE LIFTING PIPE MOVED BEFORE HE WAS READY AND IT HIT HIS FOREHEAD.

January 2, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by falling object

THE RAKE THEY WERE TRYING TO MOVE SLIPPED ON ITS RIGGING AND FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE. TRANSPORTED TO PIONEER VALLEY HOSP. BY AMBULANCE.

1983 · 30 incidents

December 29, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

ON RIGGER SHED FLOOR WATCHING CREW CHIP A ROLL BASE AND A PIECE OF SOMETHING HOT FLEW UP UNDER HIS GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE FB TO LEFT EYE TRANSPORTED TO PIONEER VALLEY HOSPITAL WVC UTAH

December 29, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by flying object

CLEANING OFF ROLL BASE AND SOMETHING FLEW UP UNDER SAFETY GLASSES-SLAG-EMBEDDING PIECE OF SLAG IN RIGHT EYE.SENT TO OUTSIDE DR.

December 8, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by falling object

IN THE MACHINE SHOP WORKING ON DRILL PRESS AND THE CENTER DRILL FELL OFF PRESS HITTING EMPLOYEE\S IT ANKLE.

December 6, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING ROTOR OUT OF MOTOR.AS ROTOR HIT FLOOR WEIGHT ALLOWED IT TO POP BACK AT EMPL HITTING HIM AT MID CALF AND SETTLING ON RIGHT ANKLE.

September 30, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING OUT SLOTS WITH WOOD CHISEL IT SLIPPED AND HIT HAND.

September 29, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING IN DRAGS ON SECONDARY DRAGES SECTION 10. USING COME-ALONGS AND THE SIDE HE WAS ON LIFTED PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN RAKE AND CEILING.

September 28, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING UPP AND PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN PIECE OF GRATING AND A BEAM

September 21, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT IN HEAD BY ABELT OFF A MACHINE IN THE MACHINE SHOP

September 18, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AT 9 BLDG TAKING UP A CRUSHER AND HE HIT HIS FINGER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER

August 12, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON THE DUMPER PULLING ARM GUIDE WITHA PULL LIFT AND THE CHAIN SLIPPED OUT OF HOLE HITTING EMP ON LT CHEEK CAUSING 2 IN LACERATION SUTURABLE

August 8, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A WRENCH AND SMASHED HIS FINGER THEY WERE TRYING TO TAKE OFF A BOLT

July 31, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck against stationary object

PULLING PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS OUT OF WINDOW CUT PALM OF RIGHT HAND LACERATED - SUTURED

July 14, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

IN SHOP-PUTTING PIECE OF 6\\ PIPE IN MACHINE AND PIPE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN PIPE AND DIE.

July 7, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

AT FOGARTY DUMPER THREADAING A PIECE OF 2" PIPE WITH A PORTABLE THREADER (PONY). LEG WAS OVER THE HANDLE OF THE PONY AND THE PIPE GRABBED AND LIFTED HIM OFF THE GROUND AND WHEN HE FELL, IT WAS BACKWARDS AND HIS HARD HAT CAME OFF AND HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF CONCRETE.

June 14, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ON 3/11 ELEVATOR PUTTING DOOR ON ELEVATOR AND PINCHED FINGERS BETWEEN DOOR AND DOOR BRACKET

June 13, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck against stationary object

WALKING THROUGH BOILER SHOP AND STEPPED ON PC OF 3/8IN BOILER PLATE THAT HAD BEEN SHEARED AND NOT PICKED P AND IT CAME UP AND STUCK IN HIS LEG

June 3, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING PAINT BRUSH UP AT UTAH POWER PLANT CUT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER AT 2ND KNUCKLE

May 30, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

REPLACING 3" PLASTIC ELBOW ON PIPELINE, USING PVC PRIMER TO CLEAN SURFACE OF PIPE, SLIPPED & FELL SPLASHING PRIMER IN FACE & EYES. RECEIVED CHEMICAL BURNS TO BOTH EYES.

May 13, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck against stationary object

STRUCK BY STEEL BARS PROTRUDING FROM MOTOR COUPLING.FRACTURE AND LACERATIONS TO RIGHT ELBOW.

May 11, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck against stationary object

SNEEZED AND STRUCK FOREHEAD ONEDGE OF TABLE.LACERATION TO FOREHEAD.

May 1, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by falling object

DROPPED A ROLL GATE ON FOOT. CONTUSION AT BASE OF #5 TOE, RIGHT FOOT.

April 24, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic MACHINERY
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING A HOLE IN SAFETY GUARD WITH GRINDER TO MAKE REPAIRS TO EQUIPMENT AND CUT FINGER WITH THE GRINDER

March 13, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SOMETHING CAUGHT IN 1/11 ROLL & SHIM BOUNCED PINCHING HAND BETWEEN SHIM & PEDESTAL.

February 10, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON #2 TURBINE LOOSENING BOLTS, MAN WALKING ON GRATING ABOVE DROPPED A 3 3/4" IMPACT SOCKET AND IT STRUCK HIS FINGER.

January 26, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING BLADE ON RAIL SAW AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN WRENCH AND NUT.