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Apex #2: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Sunshine Mining Company · Underground
Utah County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201719

MSHA record for Apex #2 (mine ID 4201719). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Nov 1986
Ownership history
  1. Sunshine Mining Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Apex #2 sits in Utah County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Utah County, Utah · Population 683,622
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$96,877
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1986 · 3 incidents

November 13, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DI5MOND DRILLING AND THE SNATCH BLOCK FELL AND HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

August 27, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sunshine Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS BREAKIN1 THE CORE BSARREL WITH WRENCHES AND THE WRENCHES SLIPPED

May 15, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS ROCK BO5TING BACK AND A ROCK FELL HITTING HIS LEFT FOOT

1983 · 1 incident

November 2, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Sunshine Mining Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EYE BOLT PULLED OUT OF RIB CAUSING SHEAVE BLOCK TO HIT EE ON LEFT 1ST FINGER.