Mining Incidents

Pettro Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Vanrok, LLC · Surface
Springville, Utah County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202417

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2005–2006
Latest incident
Aug 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
29
citations
9
significant & substantial
$23,902
proposed penalties
$23,902
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
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 582 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,521 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,069 11 4 10290.0
2008 Q1 1,495 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,406 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,952 4 1 1012.1
2007 Q2 3,497 1 0 286.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2006 · 1 incident

August 18, 2006 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vanrok, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Workers were working on the fast tracks. Worker drove a loader next to the tracks so they could stand on the bucket. Worker pulled the loader around and set the parking brake. He climbed on top of the bucket to hook the chain with a come-along. The loader rolled forward, worker jumped onto the fast track and his left foot was caught between the loader and bucket.

2005 · 1 incident

July 27, 2005 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unknown operator · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PLACING TIES UNDER STAKER WHEN FINGER WAS CAUGHT & SMASHED.