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Black Springs Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Harborlite Corporation · Surface

Controlled by Imerys S A

Milford, Beaver County, UT · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4202215

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2002–2004
Latest incident: Aug 2004

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$6,987

proposed penalties

$6,987

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
2006 Q4	280	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	4,058	1	0	246.4
2006 Q2	5,824	3	2	515.1
2006 Q1	5,579	6	0	1075.5
2005 Q4	7,048	0	0	0.0
2005 Q3	6,153	5	2	812.6
2005 Q2	11,559	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	9,592	7	2	729.8

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2004 · 1 incident

August 12, 2004 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE

Basin Perlite Company · Struck against a moving object

While operating forklift, loading truck, reversed/backing out of truck - uneven surface (6"). Looking back over shoulder hit drop-off & strained back. Driver of van did not have axels forward making uneven surface from loading dock.

2002 · 2 incidents

October 28, 2002 UT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Basin Perlite Company · Struck against stationary object

WRENCH SLIPPED ON NUT CAUSING EE TO LACERATE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

January 9, 2002 UT · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Basin Perlite Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING OUT ROLLER MILL. DUST FELL DOWN AND FELL IN EYE BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES. DID NOT HURT UNTIL LATER THAT NIGHT, SO TRIED TO WASH OUT WITH EYE WASH. REPORTED TO SUPERVISOR NEXT MORNING. TRANSPORTED TO DOCTOR WHO REMOVED TINY PERLITE PARTICLE FROM EYE LID.