Wilson/Silverbell Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Umetco Minerals Corp · Underground

Controlled by Union Carbide Corp

San Juan County, UT · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 4200473

MSHA record for Wilson/Silverbell Mine (mine ID 4200473). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 1989
Latest incident: Sep 1989

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

September 6, 1989 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY

Umetco Minerals Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS INSTALLING ROCK BOLTS AND MATS IN 0210 STOPE. HE HAD DRILLED AND INSTALLED ONE BOLT AND DRILLED THE HOLE FOR THE SECOND BOLT. HE WAS USING THE DRILL WITH BOLT DRIVER TO HOLD UP THE MAT WHILE HE PLACED THE SECOND BOLT IN THE HOLE WHEN THE DRILL SLIPPED. HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE AIR HOSE AND UNABLE TO CONTROL THE SWING OF DRILL. HE LET IT FALL AND IN THE PROCESS THE JACK LEG TU

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