Historic Mining Disasters in Utah
Date | Mine Name | Location | Killed | Product | Type |
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05/01/1900 | Winter Quarters 1 & 4 | Scofield, UT | 200 | Coal | Explosion |
08/15/1902 | Park-Utah | Park City, UT | 34 | Lead/Zinc/Copper/Silver | Powder fumes |
06/01/1910 | Union Quarry | Devils Slide, UT | 25 | Limestone | Quarry explosion |
01/21/1914 | Boston | Bingham, UT | 5 | Copper | Fire |
09/17/1914 | Centennial-Eureka | Eureka, UT | 11 | Gold | Cave-in |
03/08/1924 | No. 2 (see Castle Gate Relief Exhibit) | Castle Gate, UT | 172 | Coal | Explosion |
09/21/1924 | Rains | Rains, UT | 5 | Coal | Explosion |
02/06/1930 | Standard | Standardville, UT | 23 | Coal | Explosion |
03/08/1930 | New Peerless | Lynn, UT | 5 | Coal | Explosion |
03/14/1945 | Kennilworth | Kennilworth, UT | 7 | Coal | Explosion |
05/09/1945 | No. 1 | Sunnyside, UT | 23 | Coal | Explosion |
07/16/1950 | Lark, U.S. Smelting | Lark, UT | 5 | Lead, Zinc | Fire |
1/05/1953 | American Gilsonite Co. | Bonanza, UT | 8 | Gilsonite | Dust explosion |
08/28/1963 | Texas Gulf Sulfur Co. | Moab, UT | 18 | Potash | Gas explosion |
12/16/1963 | Carbon Fuel No. 2 | Helper, UT | 9 | Coal | Explosion |
12/19/1984 | Emory Mining Co. Wilberg Mine | Orangeville, UT | 27 | Coal | Fire |
08/06/2007 | Crandall Canyon Mine | Emery County, UT | 9* | Coal | Fall of face or rib (coal bump/bounce) |
Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Safety and Health Research, “All Mining Disasters: 1839 to Present” accessed March 10, 2014 from http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/statistics/content/allminingdisasters.html.
* Includes both the initial incident on 8/6/2007 where 6 lives were lost, and subsequent incident during the rescue efforts on 8/16/2007 that claimed the lives of three rescue workers.
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