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Desert Canyon Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Quality Excavation · Surface

Controlled by Estate of Randy Tomaiko; Ed Burgess

St. George, Washington County, UT · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4202167

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 2003–2008
Latest incident: Jul 2008

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$7,326

proposed penalties

$7,231

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	Per 1M hrs
2024 Q4	0	0
2024 Q3	0	0
2024 Q2	0	0
2024 Q1	0	0
2023 Q4	0	0
2023 Q3	0	0
2023 Q2	506	0	0.0
2023 Q1	1,454	1	687.8

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2008 · 2 incidents

July 21, 2008 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Quality Excavation · 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.

June 26, 2008 UT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Quality Excavation · 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

June 28, 2007 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Quality Excavation · 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

November 24, 2004 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Quality Excavation · 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.

June 24, 2004 UT · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Quality Excavation · 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

November 8, 2003 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Quality Excavation · 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.