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Ontario Mine: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rothwell Hank
Summit County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4200150

MSHA record for Ontario Mine (mine ID 4200150). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986–1993
Latest incident
Apr 1993
Ownership history
  1. Park City Ventures 1950 to 1979
  2. Noranda Mining Inc 1979 to 1982
  3. United Park City Mines Company 1982 to 1985
  4. United Park City Mines Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ontario Mine sits in Summit County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Summit County, Utah · Population 42,709
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$137,058
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1993 · 1 incident

April 22, 1993 UT · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
United Park City Mines Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPETITIVE MOTION FROM USING OFFICE EQUIPMENT PRIMARILY COMPUTER BUT ALSO 10-KEY ADDING MACHINE & TYPEWRITER

1989 · 1 incident

June 5, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
United Park City Mines Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OIF THE MOTOR HE STEPPED IN A HOLE IN THE RAIL ROAD AND FELL AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

1986 · 1 incident

March 20, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Park City Mines Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL HAD MOUNTE8 TIRE ON DROP CENTER 16'' RIM AND WAS AIRING IT UP TO SEAL BEAD.WHEN TIRE BURST AND PROPELLED RIM AND TIRE TO HIS HEAD RESULTING IN FX SKULL,BROKEN RIGHT INDEX FINGER AND ONE BONE IN RIGHT 2AND.