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Banning Train Loadout: 1 recorded fatality Coal

Controlled by Wolverine Fuels LLC
Wellington, Carbon County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201756

MSHA record for Banning Train Loadout (mine ID 4201756). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1994
Latest incident
Jul 1994
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
34
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 34 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Coal Service Company 1981 to 1994
  2. Soldier Creek Coal Company 1994 to 1996
  3. Canyon Fuel Company Llc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Banning Train Loadout sits in Carbon County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 5.9% 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.
Carbon County, Utah · Population 20,446
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$53,673
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
January 25, 1988 UT · Coal car dropper, car shake out operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Coal Service Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

(NAME)WAS DROPP3NG A SEVEN CAR SET UNDER THE LOADOUT AS HE WAS LOADING THEM A RUNAWAY SET OF 14 CARS CAME DOWN THE TRACK,IT THEN STRUCK THE 7 SET OF CARS KNOCKING HIM OFF AND UNDER THE CAR CAU SING FATAL INJU9IES.

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1994 · 2 incidents

July 23, 1994 UT · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Soldier Creek Coal Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS SAMPLING COAL FROM A LOADOUT. AS EMPLOYEE TURNED WITH SAMPLE IN HAND, HE SLIPPED. AS HE FELL, HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

May 13, 1994 UT · Coal outside foreman, leadman FIRE
Soldier Creek Coal Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS IN HEAD PULLEY ROOM TAKING COAL SAMPLES SMOKE QUICKLY FILLED THE ROOM MAKING IT DIFFERENT TO BREATH HE LEFT THE ROOM WHICH WAS LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE CONVEYOR BELT THE CATWALK HAD FLAMES BLOWING ON IT FROM THE BELT DUE TO WIND & BURNING COAL HE RAN DOWN THE CATWALK TO ESCAPE THE FLAMES BUT WAS BURNED IN THE PROCESS

1987 · 1 incident

November 4, 1987 UT · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coal Service Company · Struck by falling object

I,NAME WAS HELP3NG TO POSITION THE GRATES IN THE CRUSHER FROM THE BOTTOM SIDE AS THE LAST GRATE WAS PUT INTO PLACE IT SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING I,NAME IN THE STOMACH AND LAYED OVER ON HIM.

1983 · 1 incident

June 17, 1983 UT · Coal FIRE
Coal Service Company · Accident type, without injuries

ACCUMULATION OF HOT COAL AROUND THE END PULLEY STARTED THE 60IN BELT ON FIRE THE FIRE COMSUMED AN AREA OF APPROX 17FT OF BELT ON CONVEYOR SOME ELECTRICAL WIRING AND A 4FT SECTION OF 42IN B%ELT