Mining Incidents

SUNNYSIDE WASTE COAL SITE Coal

Sunnyside, Carbon County, UT  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4202093

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2013–2023
Latest incident
Mar 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
166
citations
92
significant & substantial
$103,169
proposed penalties
$68,093
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 3,340 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,587 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,485 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,524 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,920 8 2 2040.8
2024 Q3 5,504 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 6,120 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,620 0 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

7 on file

2023 · 1 incident

2021 · 1 incident

December 24, 2021 UT · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sunnyside Cogeneration Associates · Fall from machine

Team Member was hauling water when the truck EE was operating became stuck in the snow. Loader operator cleared the snow in front of the truck and pulled it out. When the driver was exiting the truck, EE slipped and fell which broke EE's right leg.

2020 · 1 incident

July 8, 2020 UT · Coal FIRE
Sunnyside Cogeneration Associates · Accident type, without injuries

Employees doing maintenance cleaning ditches and culverts. The tumble weeds on were lit on fire, out of nowhere a wirly wind picked up one of the weeds and placed it on the old reject pile that had been reclaimed with straw. Some of the straw caught fire, a fire line was built using equipment and water trucks were used to extinguish the fire that lasted about 30 minutes.

2019 · 1 incident

April 9, 2019 UT · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunnyside Cogeneration Associates · Struck by falling object

The maintenance team was removing a sheave from a shaft. Before they could get cribbing under the pulley, EE pulled on it allowing the pulley to fall off the shaft smashing EE's ring figure on right hand. The doctor placed a splint and wrapped it. EE was released to full duty with no lost time.

2017 · 1 incident

October 5, 2017 UT · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunnyside Cogeneration Associates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was replacing chute liner when they reached behind liner to line it up. Liner slipped and pinched a finger. Finger required stitches

2014 · 1 incident

December 28, 2014 UT · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunnyside Cogeneration Associates · Struck by falling object

Miner was lifting a cover plate off a D9 Dozer and dropped it on his foot. Miner was taken to emergency room on 12/28/14 and x-rays were negative. Miner continued to have pain and went to Dr. on 3/11/15, fracture was found. Miner was put in a walking boot and crutches.

2013 · 1 incident

December 6, 2013 UT · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sunnyside Cogeneration Associates · Struck by falling object

EE was scraping the top of the grizzly with the bucket of a loader when one of the grates became dislodged. The individual tried to lift the grate with a strap and clean under the dislodged grate. The strap became untied causing the grate to fall and pin the ee left ankle between the grizzly frame and grate. The individuals left ankle was severely fractured.