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Kennecott Utah Copper Corp operator

Controlled by British Petroleum Company PLC

MSHA operator ID: L06915

Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 111
Mines on record: 3
Years on record: 1983–1984

Top causes

MACHINERY 1 fatality · 17 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 1 fatality · 15 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 41 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 28 non-fatal
STRIKING OR BUMPING 3 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1984

37 (1f)

1983

74 (1f)

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

May 31, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE FELL INTO "GLORY HOLE" WAS FROUND IN "27" BUILDING ON ORE BELT. "GLORY HOLE" IS THE ORE CAR DUMP.

May 18, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · MACHINERY

Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · Struck by falling object

CRANE BLOCK WAS RUN THROUGH LIMIT SWITCH INTO DRUM CAUSING CABLE TO PULL IN TWO DROPPING SHEAVE BLOCK ONTO EMPLOYEE.

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