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Point Of Mountain Pit: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Savage Industries Inc
Salt Lake County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201737

MSHA record for Point Of Mountain Pit (mine ID 4201737). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Oct 1985
Ownership history
  1. Savage Rock Products 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Point Of Mountain Pit sits in Salt Lake 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.
Salt Lake County, Utah · Population 1,184,689
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$94,658
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1985 · 3 incidents

October 8, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Savage Rock Products · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A SCEEN AND SLIPPED PINCHING A NERVE IN HIS BACK

1984 · 1 incident

June 27, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Savage Rock Products · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING THE CRUSHER THE CRUSHER SETTLES AND JERKED THE WRENCH WHICH HE WAS HOLDING

1983 · 1 incident

August 3, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Savage Rock Products · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MR. EDWARDS WAS AT THE JOB EARLY. HE WAS HELPING AND OTHER EMPLOYEE MOVE A DRUM OF OIL. THE OTHER MAN\S HANDS SLIPPED OFF THE DRUM ALLOWING THE DRUM TO MASH MR. EDWARDS HAND BETWEEN THE DRUM A STEEL SHELF.