Mining Incidents

Clifton Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Harrison Ernest W
Tooele County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202127

MSHA record for Clifton Mine (mine ID 4202127). 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
1996
Latest incident
Sep 1996
Ownership history
  1. Patrick Harrison Constructors Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Clifton Mine sits in Tooele County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Tooele County, Utah · Population 76,648
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$101,846
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

1996 · 1 incident

September 4, 1996 UT · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator MACHINERY
Patrick Harrison Constructors Inc · Struck by falling object

WORK PROCESS: ROCKBOLTING. SPECIFIC ACTIVITY: COLLARING HOLE. JACKLEG KICKED BACK, WAS UNABLE TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY AND IT FELL ON LEFT SHOULDER, FRACTURING SAME. JACKLEG ON UNSTABLE GROUND. .