Mining Incidents

Kennecott Barneys Canyon Mining Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rio Tinto Group
Bingham, Salt Lake County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202040

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Dec 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
92
citations
22
significant & substantial
$19,542
proposed penalties
$18,842
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
2014 Q3 3,128 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,434 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,405 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 3,686 1 0 271.3
2013 Q1 3,553 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2000 · 5 incidents

December 16, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Barneys Canyon Mining · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SLIPPED & LOST HIS BALANCE WHILE REMOVING THE STARTER FROM OVERHEAD CAUSING THE STARTED TO GRAZE HIS HEAD AS IT FELL TO THE FLOOR. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES

November 28, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kennecott Barneys Canyon Mining · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WATER SPRAYING FROM A DISCHARGE PIPE STARTLED EECAUSING HIM TO STEP BACK & TRIP. THE FALL INJURED HIS BACK.

November 8, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kennecott Barneys Canyon Mining · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

STRIKING THE FRAME OF THE CONVEYOR TO DISLODGE SOME MUD HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE FRAME.

July 26, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kennecott Barneys Canyon Mining · Struck against stationary object

WHILE RETURNING FROM THE BOLT BIN, THE EE'S ARM BRUSHED AGAINST SOME EXPANDED METAL PROTRUDING FROM THE METAL STORAGE RACK CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED SUTURES.