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Gold Basin Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

San Juan County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201843

Gold Basin Pit has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Oct 1983
Ownership history
  1. Rock Products Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1984 0
1983 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Gold Basin 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

October 17, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Rock Products Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROCK WAS CAUGHT IN TAIL PULLEY OF CONVEYOR INJURED WAS ATTEMTPING TO REMOVE ROCK WHEN CONVEYOR WAS ACCIDENT TUNED ON WHILE INJURED WAS REMOVING LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT CAUSING CUTS ABRASIONS AND BROKEN ELBOW.