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Magma Copper Company controller

MSHA controller ID: M07326

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Fatalities
8
Total incidents
1889
Mines on record
11
Years on record
1987–1996

Top causes

Incident timeline

1996
26
1995
223 (1f)
1994
229
1993
176 (6f)
1992
199
1991
147

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

8 recorded
March 10, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Magma Nevada Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CLEANING DEBRIS FROM UNDER CAB SIDE YOKE ARM, FEED WHEEL MECHANISM CLOSED PINNING EE S HEAD BETWEEN YOKE ARM AND UPRIGHT INFEED PLATE ON THE CAB SIDE.

December 14, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal chute blaster, rockman, hang-up man, raise blaster Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Magma Copper Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRAWN INTO THE MUCK FLOW OF A TRANSFER RAISE ENTRAPPED FROM THE WAIST DOWN THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES

November 19, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Magma Copper Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RERAILING A 20-TON ASEA CAR WHEN HE GOT PINNED BETWEEN THE ORE CAR & THE RIB THE ORE CAR WAS BEING PULLED THROUGH A RE-RAILER THIS INCIDENT RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES TO EMPLOYEE