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Big Buck 12: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Bob Shumway Mining · Underground
Controlled by Shumway Robert
San Juan County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4200481

MSHA record for Big Buck 12 (mine ID 4200481). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Jan 1986
Ownership history
  1. T S & R Mining Inc 1950 to 1984
  2. Western Key Enterprise 1984 to 1988
  3. Bob Shumway Mining 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Big Buck 12 sits in San Juan County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 4.9% 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.
San Juan County, Utah · Population 14,466
4.9%
Mining share of county employment
$54,890
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1986 · 1 incident

January 16, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Western Key Enterprise · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ARTICULATION ON3FRONT END LOADER COLLAPED BREAKING I NAME S RIGHT FEMER BONE HE WAS STANDING ALONG SIDE OF LOADER WHEN T SWIVELED TRAPPING HIM.