Mining Incidents

Desert Canyon PitMetal/Nonmetal

St. George, Washington County, UT · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202167
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2003–2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2008 · 2 incidents

Struck by flying object

Assisting foreman to change bearing, required some hammering by foreman. Assunig a small metal piece punctured right forearm, cutting artery and creating lots of bleeding. Small puncture hole was taken care of to stop bleeding but arm swelled in puncture location. Took to ER.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

After picking up a bucket of clips approx. 15 lbs EE extendid his left arm outward to another ee to pass it to him. His arm failed lost all strength in his arm in an extended position.

2007 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Another employee hit victim's finger with a hammer while trying to knock pins out of the teeth of 700 trackhoe.

2004 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

Miner was working at Jaw Crusher feeding rocks. A rock became dislodged and fell on miner's hand, crushing middle right-hand finger.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Worker was cutting on belt--the knife blade broke, slipped and cut webbing on left hand. It is assumed that the right tool was not being used for the job that needed to be done.

2003 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROCK WAS STUCK IN JAW CRUSHER. BARRING IT OUT, THE EE GOT THUMB BETWEEN BAR AND TOP OF METAL PLATE. THUMB WAS CUT USED CROW BAR.