Mining Incidents

WashplantMetal/Nonmetal

Altamont, Uintah County, UT · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202246
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2003
Latest incident
Dec 2003
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2003 · 4 incidents

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS FIXING BELT ON CRUSHER, WAS TIGHTENING BOLT,PULLED HARD ON WRENCH, CAME OFF & HIT HIS FOREHEAD.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK, SLIPPED OFF TOP STEP ON FUEL TANK, CAUGHT 2ND STEP WITH LEFT FOOT AND HYPEREXTENDED LEFT KNEE.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN ROCK AND CRUSHER.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING SACKS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

2001 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GRINDING THE GRIZZLY ON TOP OF THE JAW FEEDER WHEN A METAL PARTICLEGOT IN HIS EYE EVEN THOUGH HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.