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I-16 Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Chevron Corporation
Uintah County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201785

MSHA record for I-16 Mine (mine ID 4201785). 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
1984
Latest incident
May 1984
Ownership history
  1. American Gilsonite Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

I-16 Mine sits in Uintah County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 12.5% 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.
Uintah County, Utah · Population 36,458
12.5%
Mining share of county employment
$69,861
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

1984 · 1 incident

May 25, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Gilsonite Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINE ENGINEER WAS WALKING ALONG FLOOR TO DO MINE MEASURES WHEN THE FLOOR TIMBERS FELL. ABOUT THREE HITCHES BROKE OUT AS A SLAB OF ROCK FELL. THIS ALLOWED THE THREE TIMBERS TO FALL AND OTHER FL OORING TO FALL ALSO.