Mining Incidents

Independent No 5 Shaft Metal/Non-Metal

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
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 1 incident

1987 · 2 incidents

November 19, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
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

1985 · 6 incidents

March 12, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
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.

1983 · 1 incident

June 22, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal hoistman, hoist operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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.

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The full compliance file on Independent No 5 Shaft

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.