Mining Incidents

Rock Canyon East Mine Coal

Sunedco Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Sunoco, Inc.
Price, Carbon County, UT  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4201590

MSHA record for Rock Canyon East Mine (mine ID 4201590). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Eureka Energy Company 1979 to 1982
  2. Sunedco Coal Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Rock Canyon East Mine sits in Carbon County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 5.9% 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.
Carbon County, Utah · Population 20,446
5.9%
Mining share of county employment
$53,673
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.