Mining Incidents

Tintic Utah Metals LlcMining Incidents in 2001

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Tintic Utah Metals Llc operations in 2001. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2001
1
Total incidents
9
Year
2001

Top incident classifications

  1. 01MACHINERY3 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  3. 03FALL OF ROOF OR BACK2 incidents
  4. 04POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
  5. 05OTHER1 incident

All incidents in 2001

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

MUCKER BUCKET CAUGHT ON RIB LEFT SIDE PINNING EE BETWEEN MUCKER & RIB

Struck by falling object

DROPED LITTLE STEEL DOOR ON LITTLE FINGER LEFT HAND.

Struck by falling object

DRILLING POPS FOR TIMBER. ROCK FELL DOWN HITTING MINER ON FOOT.

Struck by falling object

CLEANING DOWN RIBS READY TO PUT TIMBER AND ROCK FELL OUT OF BACK HITTING EE IN THE HARD HAT.

Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING PIECES OF PLASTIC ON THE TABLE SAW WHEN ONE OF THE CUT PIECES VIBRATED BACK INTO THE BLADE. THE PLASTIC WENT IN THE AIR STRIKING HIM IN THE CHIN.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRILLING WITH A JACKLEG, THE STEEL SHANKED. WEIGHT OF DRILL PULLED HIM INTO STEEL THAT SHANKED.

Struck by flying object

WIND CAME UP GOT DIRT IN EYE (L)

Struck by falling object

STANDING TIMBER QUIRT SLIPPED OFF POST FALLING STRIKING EE ON RIGHT FOOT.

Struck by falling object

BARING DOWN AND ROCK FELL HITTING HIM ON THE LEFT ELBOW.

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 Tintic Utah Metals Llc's numeric MSHA operator ID.