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Skyline Coal Processing Facilities: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Utah Fuel Company · Facility
Controlled by El Paso Energy Corp
Helper, Carbon County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201704

MSHA record for Skyline Coal Processing Facilities (mine ID 4201704). 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
1984–1987
Latest incident
Apr 1987
Ownership history
  1. Utah Fuel Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Skyline Coal Processing Facilities 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 fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

April 2, 1987 UT · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Utah Fuel Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

INJURED WAS ON 5 SCOFFOLD ONE SECTION H IGH & JUST FINISHED LAYING A CINDER BLOCK AS HE TURNED AWAY FROM THE WALL HE WAS WORKING ON HE EITHER STUMBLED OR T RIPPED THE INJURED LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL OFF THE 8CAFFOLD FORWARD

February 9, 1987 UT · Coal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Utah Fuel Company · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

I,NAME WAS NAIL3NG A WOOD LATH OVER A CRACK BETWEEN THE SHEET ROCK & THE BLOCK WALL, HE NAILED THE BOTTOM OF THE 13' WOOD LATH AND THEN CLIMBED UP ON THE 69" METAL SCAFFOLD TO NAIL THE TOP, WH EN FINISHED HE 7URNED STEP BACK LIKE HE WAS CATCHING HIM SELF OFF BALANCE STARTED TO FALL, JUMPED BACKWARDS TO GO OFF THE SCAFFOLD AND CAUGHT X BRACE, SPUN HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE FL

1984 · 1 incident

January 17, 1984 UT · Coal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Utah Fuel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS ADJUSTING FORK LIFT FORKS & PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN FORK & FORK BRACE.