WHILE WORKING ON CRUSHER, PRIMARY CONVEYOR BELT STOPPED. WE FIGURED IT WAS EITHER THE GEAR BOX WENT OUT OR A ROCK. CRUSHER WAS SHUT DOWN & BELT WAS NOT RUNNING. I WALKED OVER TO RETURN BELT & STUMBLED ON SOME LOOSE ROCKS, LOST MY BALANCE. I HAD PRY BAR IN MY HAND TRYING TO PRY A ROCK LOOSE IF NEEDED. THE PRY BAR FELL AGAINST RETURN BELT, BOUNCED & CAUGHT ME ON LEFT SIDE OF LEFT EYE
PORTABLE CRUSHER NO. 1 Metal/Non-Metal
Duchesne County
· Surface
Controlled by
Duchesne County-Ut
Duchesne,
Duchesne County,
UT
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4201701
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2000–2003
- Latest incident
- May 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
67
citations
20
significant & substantial
$7,525
proposed penalties
$7,525
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 1,422 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,410 | 2 | 0 | 1418.4 |
| 2020 Q3 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 730 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 615 | 1 | 0 | 1626.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2003 · 2 incidents
May 19, 2003
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Duchesne County · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
January 22, 2003
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Duchesne County · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THEY WERE PUTTING NEW CUTTING EDGES ON THE D8, RACHET SLIPPED GEARS WHEN THEY WERE TIGHTENING ONE OF THE BOLTS AND EE SLIPPED BACKWARDS. LATER THAT EVENING HE STARTED HAVING MUSCLE PAIN IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK.
2002 · 1 incident
December 17, 2002
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Duchesne County · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE WAS GETTING OFF FROM LOADER WHEN HIS FEET HIT ICY GROUND, HIS FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL ON THE ICE AND BROKE HIS TAILBONE.
2000 · 1 incident
June 6, 2000
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Duchesne County · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE CLIMBED IN THE CAT AND STARTED IT, CLIMBED OUT AND UPON STEPPING ON THE GROUND FELT HIS BACK MUSCLES PULL AND START HURTING.