An unplanned ignition of explosives materials occurred. Two miners did not leave the blasting area prior to attaching an initiating device. This resulted in a minor fracture of the sternum and a fractured right sinus of one miner.
Topaz Dome Metal/Non-Metal
Topaz Mountain Adventures
· Surface
Controlled by
U-Dig Fossils, Inc.; David Stemmons
Delta,
Juab County,
UT
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202664
Topaz Dome has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
Watch this mine
Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Topaz Dome.
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2016
- Latest incident
- Sep 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
4
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,532
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,532 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
3
inspections on record
101
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 101 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Topaz Dome has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$3K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-04-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Q2 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 100000.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2016 · 1 incident
September 23, 2016
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Topaz Mountain Adventures · Struck by flying object
For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
The full compliance file on Topaz Dome
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.