Mining Incidents

White River Oil Shale Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by United States Government
Uintah County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201793

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
34
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Jan 1985
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

34 on file

1985 · 1 incident

1984 · 17 incidents

November 9, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal hoistman, hoist operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS PUTTING IN C-BELT IN SLOPE HE STEPPED ON A ROCK & SPRAINED HIS LET ANKLE SLOPE WAS NOT EXCESSIVELY CLUTTERED HIS ANKLE WAS WEAK FROM OTHER ACCIDENTS & THE SMALL ROCK WAS ENOUGH TO SPRAI N IT

September 17, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON AN ST 5 USING A WRENCH IN AN WAWKWARD POSITION HE WAS PULLING ON WRENCH WHEN IT SLIPPED ANBD HIT HIM ABOVE THE LEFT EYE. IT CAUSED A SMALL CONCUSSION.

September 10, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING SOUTH HEADING OF VENT SHAFT.TRIED TO PULL STRING OFF OF MARKING SPAD IN BACK.PULLED SPAD OUT OF BACK AND INTO UPPER RIGHT ARM.

August 28, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White River Shale Oil Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELING CONC. IN C-DECL WHILE POURING FLOOR WHILE OBTAINING A SHOVEL FULL HE TWISTED & HURT HIS BACK.

July 31, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White River Shale Oil Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FRED WAS UNLOADING PIPE FROM SCOOP LOADER WHEN HE PINCHED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE PIPE

July 17, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck by powered moving object

I NAME WAS COLLARING A HOLE WITH JACKLEG WHEN THE STEEL SHANKED SENDING JACKLEY FORWARD AND STRIKING I NAME ON THE ARM

July 16, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck by flying object

DRILLING ROCK BOLT HOLES ONE HOLE HAD PRESSURE IT BLEW SAFETY GLASSES DOWN OFF HIS NOSE & INJURED BOTH EYES

June 10, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
White River Shale Oil Corp · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS GETTING OUT OF THE SHAFT BUCKET AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT WHEN HE SLIPED AND FELL GETTING OUT HE SPRAIN HIS RIGHT ANKLE

June 9, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
White River Shale Oil Corp · Accident type, without injuries

INSTAYEOUS HEAT FROM BLAST DURING FIRING OF ROUND AT THE ONE PASS CAUSED THE ON SHALE TO BURN

April 27, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck by falling object

WAS ROOFBOLTING WHEN A ROCK CAME OUT OF THE BACK HITTING I.NAME ON THE RIGHT HAND.

April 23, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck by falling object

I.NAME. WAS OPERATING A JACKLEG WHILE ROOFBOLTING. DURING THE CHANGE OF STEEL A ROCK CAME OUT OF THE BACK HITTING I.NAME. ON THE RIGHT HAND.

February 13, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
White River Shale Oil Corp · Fall from ladders

LOADING PUSPLET HOLES OFF OF A LADDER WHEN THE LADDER SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH HIM, THUS TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

February 9, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck against stationary object

WAS USING A RACHET WRENCH TO CHANGE THE HYDRALICS AN THE 980, WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED, HITTING HIS HAND AGAINST THE MOTOR, CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

January 28, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator MACHINERY
White River Shale Oil Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TERRY HANEY WAS MOVING/ADJUSTING JACKLEG POSITION DURING A DRILLOUT FOR ROOF BOLTS, WHEN HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN LEG AND HAMMER.

1983 · 16 incidents

December 22, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White River Shale Oil Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

JERRY WAS LIFTING A GARDNER-DENVER DRILL UP AGAINST THE RIB, FOR REPAIR, STRAINED HIS BACK IN DOING SO.

November 20, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck by falling object

WAS HANGING A COME-ALONG TO ASSIST IN CRIBBING THE PAUCAT FOR CLEAN UP, WHEN COME-ALONG FELL PINCHING HIS FINGER CAUSING MINOR LACERATION ACCIDENT WAS NOT R EPORTED UNTIL 10 DAYS LATER WHEN IN FECTION SET IN PROBABLY CAUSED BY GROUT MATERIAL HANDLING

November 20, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
White River Shale Oil Corp · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMP SUSTAINED A NICK ON HIS MIDDLE LEFT FINGER WHILE HAND MUCKING AT C-DECLINE FACE, DOES NOT KNOW HOW IT EXACTLY OCCURRED. ACCIDENT REPORTED AFTER INFECTION DEVELOPED 9 DAYS LACER GROUT MATGE MATERIAL BEING HANDLED PROBABLE CAUSE OF INFECTION

October 29, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck against stationary object

BUREAU WAS ON HIS WAY TO HIS WORK AREA AT THE SHAFT BOTTOM BUREAU UPON ARRIVING AT THE SHAFT BOTTOM JUMPED OUT OF THE BUCKET AND INJUURIED HIS LEFT FOOT

October 25, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal HOISTING
White River Shale Oil Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS IN BUCKET BEING LOWERED INTO BOTTOM OF SHAFT AT BEGINNING OF SHIFT WHEN X-HEAD CHAIRED ON WORKDECK HAD FINGER JAMMED BETWEEN X-BAR AND BUCKET CHAIN.

September 25, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MCFARLAND UNCOUPLED SHOTCRETE LINE TO GET IT UNPLUGGED WHEN THE LINE BECAME UNPLUGGE DTHE FORCE OF THE PRESSURIZED LINE BLEW SHOTCRETE AROUND HITTING MCFARLAND ON THE CHEST AND FACE

September 24, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck by flying object

BLOWING HOLES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT TONY LOOKED BACK AT SOMEONE ELSE BLOWING A HOLE OUT AND GOT SOME GROUT CHEMICAL AND A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS RIGHT EYE

August 8, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE POURING CONCRETE FOR THE SHAFT WALLS THE SLICK LINE TRUNCK CAME OUT OF FORM DOORS WITH THE EDGE OF T HE TRUCK W/ EXPOSED WIRES HIT HIM IN THE LEG.

April 16, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING MORE WEIGHT TO WIPER COUNTERBALANCE ON CONVEYOR BELT.ADDED WEIGHT WAS TOO MUCH CAUSING WIPER TO BE PULLED UP INTO BELT BRINGING COUNTERWEIGHT ARM UP INTO NECK AND SHOULDER AREA CAUS ING LACERATION.

January 28, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter POWERED HAULAGE
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck by falling object

UNLOADING CONVEYOR FRAMES OFF OF FLATBED W FORKLIFT FRAMES SHIFTED AND FELL OFF RT FORKS STRIKING BOB ON THE LEFT LEG CAUSING A LACERATION OVER THE SHIN AND A BRUISE ON THE FOOT

January 28, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White River Shale Oil Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NO CAUSE HAS BEEN DETERMINED OTHER THAN NORM IS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO HANDLING A SHOVEL, AND WORKING IN COLD WEATHER WHICH PROBABLY CAUSED THE MUSCLE SPASMS IN HIS LOWER BACK

January 4, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck by flying object

CHANGING BITS ON PAURAT (CONTINUOUS MINER), WAS HAMMERLING ON BIT WITH CHISEL AND HAMMER RIP TO LOOSEN BIT WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.