Atlas Minerals · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS DR3LLING INTO ROOF OF ADIT WITH JACK LEG DRILL WHEN TENDER CAME OFF DRILL STEEL STUCK IN HOLE AND THEN CAME DOWN AND STRUCK MINER ON 4TH FINGER OF RT HAND
Velvet Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Anfield Resources Holding Corp.
· Underground
Controlled by
Anfield Energy Inc
La Sal, Utah,
Grand County,
UT
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4201527
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1983–1987
- Latest incident
- Feb 1987
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2025
2
inspections on record
19
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 19 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1987 · 1 incident
1983 · 2 incidents
Atlas Minerals · Struck by powered moving object
INJURED MINER REPORTED FOR WORK ON MAY 11 1983 AT 730AM TOM AND BOB CARTER ANOTHER MINER GOT INTO BACK OF TRUCK FOR TRANSPORTATION TO WORK AREAS WHEN THEY ARRIVED UNDERGROUND TRUCK TRACTOR PA RTED TRUCK IN 455N HAULAGE WHERE BOB AND TOM GOT OUT OF TRUCK BOB WENT TO START A TRUCK IN 400 HAULAGE WHILE TOM GOT A MACHINE AND JACKLEG OUT OF TRUCK HE AND BOB HAD RIDDEN UNDERGROUND IN TOM
Atlas Minerals · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF SHOWER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM HIS SHOWER SHOE CAUSING MAN TO LOOSE BALANCE AND FALL DOWN AND HIT RIGHT CHIN ON 3" CONCRETE WATER RETAINER.