Mining Incidents

Blanding Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Summit Inc
San Juan County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201818

MSHA record for Blanding Pit (mine ID 4201818). 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
1983
Latest incident
Jul 1983
Ownership history
  1. Summit Materials Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Blanding Pit 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

1983 · 1 incident

July 12, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Summit Materials Inc · Accident type, without injuries

KILBERG STACKING CONVEYOR TIPPED OVER BENDING MAIN FRAME ASSEMBLY, GUSSETING, CROSS BRACING. WHILE LOWERING CONVEYOR TO TRANSPORT POSITION THE EQUALIZER CHAIN BROKE LETTING ONE CYLINDER DROP ( LEFT). THE RIGHT CYLINDER MOVED UPWARD DUMPING THE CONVEYOR ON ITS LEFT SIDE. NO INJURY.