Mining Incidents

Utah Concentrator North Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rio Tinto Group
Salt Lake County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4200717

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
17
Years on record
2000–2001
Latest incident
Nov 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
35
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,545
proposed penalties
$2,545
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 87,086 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 111,108 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 185,347 2 0 10.8
2001 Q1 198,610 24 2 120.8
2000 Q4 201,201 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 193,823 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 206,875 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 203,829 9 3 44.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2001 · 10 incidents

November 16, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CUT THE TIP OF HIS LEFT THUMB WHILE CUTTING VACUUM HOSE WITH A UTILITY KNIFE.

September 15, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE WAS DISMANTLING A WEDGE LOCK SYSTEM STYLE SCAFFOLDING FROM INSIDE A BOILER. HE WAS WEARING A HARNESS, BUT WAS NOT TIED OFF. EE REMOVED A CROSSBAR FROM THE SCAFFOLD WHICH ALLOWED THE SCAFFOL D TO SHIFT CAUSING THE PLANKS & EE TO FALL 6' TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BOILER.

July 17, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING COVER FOR CLARIFIER UNDERFLOW SCREEN CLEANOUT. THE COVER FLIPPED OFF STRIKING EE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF JAW CAUSING A SUTURABLE LACERATION.

July 11, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A CENT PUNCH TO MARK A PIECE OF METAL. HE STRUCK THE PUNCH WITH A HAMMER, MISSING THE PUNCH AND STRIKING HIS INDEX FINGER.

June 27, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CAUGHT THE TIP OF HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN A BELT AND PULLEY ON A COLLING FAN MOTOR WHEN HE PLACED HIS HAND ON THE MOVING BELT BEFORE IT HAD STOPPED MOVING.

May 12, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Fall onto or against objects

EE TRIPPED OVER RAISED FLOOR GRATING WHILE TRACKING AN OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL CONDUIT LINE. AS THE EE STUMBLED HE GRABBED THE HANDRAIL WITH HIS ARMTO PREVENT FALL, STRAINING HIS LEFT SHOULDER. IN CIDENT WAS ORIGINALLY CLASSIFIED AS "ALLEGED" BUT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RECLASSIFIED AS AN INDUSTRIALACCIDENT BASED ON FACTS RESULTING FROM A FORMAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT.

January 16, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CLEANING ICE OFF THE #4 SYMONS AIR WASH, PLATFORM. EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE HAS STARTED A PHYSICAL THERAPY PROGRAM TO STRENGTHEN SHOULDER.

January 4, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DISMOUNTING DOZER ACCESS LADDER, FOOT SLIPPED ON LADDER RUNG, CAUGHT WEIGHT WITH RIGHT ARM/SHOULDER.

January 2, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET ON AN ACID CAR WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE LADDER CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS LEFT SHIN ON THE LANDING PLATFORM. THE INJURY SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME INFECTED AND PRESC RIPTION WAS ISSUED.

January 1, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE A PIPE WRENCH TO UNSTICK RAKES. HE WAS PUSHING ON THE WRENCH WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF SMASHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE RAKE &WRENCH.

2000 · 7 incidents

December 25, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING GUARD FROM TAIL PULLEY, AS FELLOW EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO PULL GUARD AWAY THE INJURED EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE GUARD & FRAME OF THE FEEDER.

October 24, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RIGGING 20"HDPE PIPE TO LOADER BUCKET W/WIRE ROPE CHOKER(3/4" X 12'). THERE WAS A BROKEN STRAND THAT PROTRUDED OUTWARD APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF AN INCH. THE PROTUDING STRAND CUT THROUGH EM PLOYEE'S LEATHER GLOVE & LACERATED HIS L RING FINGER.

October 4, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO EES WERE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A FEEDER PAN OFF THE BACK OF THE FEEDER WHEN THE PAN SLIPPED AND SMASHED THE INJURED EE'S FINGER.

July 13, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TROUBLESHOOT A PROBLEM WITH A LIMIT SWITCH CONTROLLING THE SWING GATEON A COAL PULVERIZER. WHILE PERFOMING THE WORK THE SWING GATE CLOSED PINCHING HIS LEFT INDEX FI NGER BETWEEN THE LIMIT SWITCH HOUSING AND ANGLE IRON ON THE GATE RAM.

May 9, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLOSING A FLUSH VALVE, A STAINLESS STEEL TAG (HANGING FROM A FLOW-METER ABOVE THE VALVE) BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND THE FLOWMETER. THE TAG CUT THRU HIS GLOVE ABD CUT THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

February 25, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO THE LITTLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND IN THE ATTEMPT TO EXIT A BOILER CONDENSER UNIT AFTER CLEANING. ACCIDENT WAS ORIGINALLY NON-REPORTABLE DUE TO THE EXTENT OF I NJURY AND THE EMPLOYEE'S PERSONAL EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITION, BUT WAS RECLASSIFIED AFTER DIAGNOSIS OF FINGER FRACTURE AND INPUT OF MEDICAL SPECIALIST.

January 5, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS PERFORMING HOT WORK ACTIVITIES AIR ARCING ON METAL PIPE WHEN HOT SLAG FROM THE PIPE CONTACTED HIS LEFT LEG CAUSING MINOR BURNS. INCIDENT ORIGINALLY CLASSIFIED AS A FIRST AID BUT WAS REC LASSIFIED AS REPORTABLE DUE TO SUBSEQUENT MEDICAL TREATMENT TO INJURY.