Mining Incidents

Golden Phoenix: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Linda Muir · Underground
Duchesne County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201986

MSHA record for Golden Phoenix (mine ID 4201986). 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
Sep 1986
Ownership history
  1. Linda Muir 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Golden Phoenix sits in Duchesne County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 11.8% 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.
Duchesne County, Utah · Population 19,932
11.8%
Mining share of county employment
$74,738
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

September 5, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Linda Muir · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM AND PART3ER WERE LIGHTING FUSE ROUNDS. THEY APPARENTLY STAYED TOO LONG IN THE FACE AND THE ROUND STARTED TO DETONATE. THE VICTIM WAS KNOCKED DOWN BY THE BLAST AND APPARENTLY SUFFOCATED WHEN COVERED WI7H BROKEN ROCK