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Wiser Portable No 1: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lewis Family Trust
Salt Lake County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202089

MSHA record for Wiser Portable No 1 (mine ID 4202089). 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
1993
Latest incident
Nov 1993
Ownership history
  1. Wiser Construction L L C 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Wiser Portable No 1 sits in Salt Lake County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Salt Lake County, Utah · Population 1,184,689
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$94,658
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

1993 · 1 incident

November 30, 1993 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Wiser Construction L L C · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE A STACKING CONVEYOR, CAUSING UNDUE STRESS ON A POINT NOT DESIGNED TO TAKE IT. IT COLLAPSED CRUSHING HIS LEFT HAND SEVERING IT IN TWO PLACES. BREAKING HIS ARM ( RIGHT) BREAKING HIS RIGHT LEG AND BREAKING HIS PELVIS.