Mining Incidents

Staker Parson CompaniesMining Incidents in 2023

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Staker Parson Companies operations in 2023. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2023
1
Total incidents
6
Year
2023

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)3 incidents
  2. 02MACHINERY1 incident
  3. 03POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
  4. 04HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident

All incidents in 2023

Struck by falling object

EE STARTED THE DAY AND HAD WORKED AT THE SHOP LOCATED IN LEHI, UTAH FOR THE MAJORITY OF EE'S WHOLE SHIFT. THERE WERE MATERIALS THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN TO OUR CREW TO CONTINUE WORKING. EE DROVE TO THE WORKSITE. WHILE EE WAS THERE, EE WAS WALKING AND WHILE WALKING EE WAS STRUCK BY THE FORKS OF A PEICE OF EQUIPMENT THAT FELL OVER, WHICH RESULTED IN EE'S LIFE ENDING.

Struck against a moving object

A Komatsu 605HD rolled over backwards at the lower crushing material dump site, landing upside down. The wall was approximately 25 feet high. Employee was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the roll over.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting flashing in the Jaw, so they could drop it down on the conveyor belt. Employee slipped with the knife EE was using a cut EE's leg.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A belt ripped on an 8x20 screen causing mud to fall through and build up on the tail Polly stopping the conveyor. LOTO was performed. EE started chipping mud off the Polly using a 30-inch pry bar to knock the mud away. EE used EE's right hand to brace self against the frame of the belt and used EE's left to chip. As EE was chipping, EE missed the Polly and hit EE's right thumb.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was removing a large rock from the bin feeder and EE's hand was smashed, causing injury.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Two employees were changing blow bars. As they started IE had the tool in place but wasn't quite ready. EE noticed the Tool was in place and swung the hammer striking the handle of the tool smashing IE's finger between the tool and the Rotor head. The tool used to complete the task was engineered to eliminate injury, but it takes 1 person to place tool and 1 to strike

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Staker Parson Companies's numeric MSHA operator ID.