Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PULLING BOARD OUT OF SHAFT ROPE BROKE BUCKLE CAME UP HIT HIM IN FOREHEAD
Independent No 5 Shaft: 11 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp
· Underground
Controlled by
Gordon S Ziegler Jr
Uintah County,
UT
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201743
MSHA record for Independent No 5 Shaft (mine ID 4201743). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 1983–1990
- Latest incident
- Feb 1990
Ownership history
- Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Independent No 5 Shaft sits in Uintah County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 12.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
11 on file1990 · 1 incident
1989 · 1 incident
Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE WORKING IN THE DRIFT HE TOOK A STEP BACK TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE.
1987 · 2 incidents
Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp · Struck against stationary object
WHILE MINING HE3BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE ON A AIRLIFT PIPE CAUSING FLUID TO COLLECT ON THE KNEE WHICH HAD TO BE REMOVED BY DOCTOR
Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE MINING OR9 HE GOT A PIECE OF ORE IN HIS RIGHT EYE.
1985 · 6 incidents
Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp · Struck by falling object
WHILE MINING SOME ORE CAME DOWN THE SLOPE AND HIT HIS RIGHT HAND.
Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp · Struck by falling object
WHILE MINING THE SLOPE SLUFFED OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE LEGS
Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp · Fall onto or against objects
WHILE MINING HE SLIPPED AND BUMPED HIS RT ELBOW ON A BULK HEAD
Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp · Struck by falling object
WHILE MINING ORE A PIECE OF ORE CAME DOWN THE SLOPE AND HIT HIM IN THE LEG.
Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WALKING ACROSS A BOARD WHEN IT GAVE AWAY CAUSING HIM TO FALL
Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp · Struck against stationary object
WHILE MINING HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE
1983 · 1 incident
Ziegler Chemical & Mineral Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
6 EE WAS PUTTING METHANOL IN A METHANOL FEEDER WHEN HE KICKED A PIPE & CAUSED THE METHANOL TO SPRAY INTO HIS LEFT EYE.