Mining Incidents

Relief Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Relief Mine Company · Underground
Utah County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201159

Relief Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Apr 1987
Ownership history
  1. Relief Mine Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1991 2
1990 3
1989 3
1988 4
1987 3
1986 1
1985 4
1984 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Relief Mine sits in Utah County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Utah County, Utah · Population 683,622
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$96,877
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

1987 · 1 incident

April 7, 1987 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Relief Mine Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

A GLOVE CAUGHT 3N THE PULLY & PULLED HIS HAND INTO THE BELT & PULLY RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJUIRYTO THE SMALL FINGER OF HIS RT HAND